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Kinetic energy

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The energy of motion

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Potential energy

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stored energy

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Thermodynamics

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The study of the energy flow during chemical and physical reactions.

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Entropy

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Disorder in thermodynamics

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Spontaneous reaction

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Chemical or physical reaction that occurs without outside help

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Enthalpy

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Potential energy in a system

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Endothermic

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Reactions which absorb energy

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Exothermic

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Processes which release energy

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Reactants

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The atoms or molecules entering the reaction

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Free energy (ΔG)

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The energy in a system which is available to do work

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Concentration gradient

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The concentration difference that dives diffusion

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Equilibrium

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A state of balance between opposing factors that push a reaction in either direction

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Exergonic reaction

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Reaction that has a negative ‘Free Energy’ because it releases free energy

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Endergonic reaction

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Reaction that can be produced only if free energy is supplied

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Catabolic pathway

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Types of metabolic pathway in which energy is released by the breakdown of complex molecules to simpler compounds

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Anabolic pathway

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Type of metabolic pathway in which energy is consumed to build complicated molecules from simpler ones; often called a biosynthetic pathway

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Energy coupling

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The process by which ATP is brought in close contact with a reactant molecule involved in an endergonic reaction, and when the ATP is hydrolyzed, the terminal phosphate group is transferred to the reactant molecule.

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Coupled reaction

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A reaction which occurs when an exergonic reaction is joined to an endergonic reaction, producing an overall reaction which is exergonic.

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ATP cycle

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Continued breakdown and resynthesis of ATP

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Activation energy

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The initial input of energy required to start a reaction

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Transition state

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An intermediate arrangement of atoms and bonds that both the reactants and the products of a reaction can assume

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Catalyst

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Substances with the ability to accelerate a spontaneous reaction without being changed by the reaction

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Enzyme

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Proteins that accelerates the rate of a cellular reaction

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Conformation

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The overall three-dimensional shape of a protein

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Enzyme-substrate complex

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A non-covalent complex composed of a substrate bound to the active site of the enzyme.

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Cofactor

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An inorganic or organic nonprotein group that is necessary for catalysis to take place

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Coenzyme

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Organic cofactors that include complex chemical groups of various kinds

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Saturation

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the state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.

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Competitive enzyme inhibitors

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An enzyme which resembles the normal substrate closely enough that it fits into the active site of the enzyme.

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Noncompetitive enzyme inhibitors

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An inhibitor molecule that binds to the enzyme at a site other than the active site and, therefore, does not compete directly with the substrate for binding to the active site.

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Allosteric regulation

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Specialized control mechanism for enzymes with an allosteric site, a regulatory outside the active site that may either slow or accelerate activity depending on the enzyme.

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Allosteric site

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A regulatory site outside the active site

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Allosteric activator

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Molecule that converts an enzyme with an allosteric site, a regulatory site outside the active site, from the inactive form to the active form.

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Allosteric inhibitor

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Molecule that converts an enzyme with an allosteric site, a regulatory site outside the active site, from to the inactive form to the inactive form.

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Futile cycle

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also known as a substrate cycle, occurs when two metabolic pathways run simultaneously in opposite directions and have no overall effect other than to dissipate energy in the form of heat.

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Feedback inhibition

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In enzyme reactions, regulation in which the product of a reaction acts as a regulator of the reaction. Also referred to as end-product inhibition

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Enzyme activity

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is affected by physical conditions, and the activity of some enzymes is subject to regulation. Measure enzyme activity at different pH values and see where it is most active.

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pH optimum

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an enzyme will have an optimum pH for activity

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Temperature optimum

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an enzyme will have an optimum pH for activity