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Question 1

Define the active site

Answer 1

Area of an enzyme with a shape complementary to a specific substrate, allowing the enzyme to bind with the substrate

Question 2

What is the lock and key hyopthesis?

Answer 2

Only a specific substrate will bind to an enzyme’s active site

Question 3

What is the enzyme-substrate complex?

Answer 3

Formed when a substrate binds to an enzyme’s active

site

Question 4

What is the enzyme-product complex?

Answer 4

Formed when a substrate is converted into a product while bound to the enzyme’s active site

Question 5

What is the induced fit hypothesis?

Answer 5

Enzyme’s active site changes shape as the substrate enters

Question 6

What does catalase do?

Answer 6

Breaks down hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen

Question 7

What does amylase do?

Answer 7

Breaks down starch into maltose

Question 8

Where is amylase produced?

Answer 8

Salivary glands and pancreas

Question 9

Where is amylase released into?

Answer 9

Saliva and small intestine

Question 10

What does maltase do?

Answer 10

Breaks down maltose into glucose

Question 11

What is a protease?

Answer 11

Type of enzyme that catalyses digestion of protein into smaller peptides