Digestive Enyzmes

Question 1

What do enzymes do?

Answer 1

• Catalyse.

- large protein molecules + Groove on their surface.(active site).

Question 2

What is an Active site?

Answer 2

• Where the substrate is attaches to.
  + Enzymes are specific.
• Substrate must fit perfectly into the active site
  (Lock and Key Theory).

Question 3

What is a substrate?

Answer 3

• The molecule the enzyme breaks down.
• ## Substrate fits perfectly into the active site.

Question 4

What does the enzyme do to the substrate?

Answer 4

• Breaks down the substrate into it’s product.

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