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Enzymes Flashcards

1
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Metabolism

A

All the chemical reactions in living cells

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2
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Enzymes are essential for metabolism meaning

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Enzymes are catalysts and control rate of reaction

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3
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Protein synthesis anabolic or catabolic

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Anabolic

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4
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ADP TO ATP anabolic or catabolic

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Anabolic

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5
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Reactions in which product molecules are larger than substrate molecules

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Anabolic

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6
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One way enzyme can be denatures

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High temperature

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7
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Two features of denatured enzyme

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Change structure

Loss of function

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8
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apart from c h o there is one other element

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Nitrogen

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9
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What is an enzyme

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Biological catalyst

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10
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Specificity of an enzyme meaning

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Acts on only one particular substrate

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11
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How Active site theory may be used to explain specificity of enzymes

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Substrate matching enzyme’s active site and active site changes shape

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12
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Immobilisation meaning when used about enzymes

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Attached to an inert substance

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13
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Bioreactor

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Vessel in which products are made by cells

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14
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One example of immobilised enzymes in bioreactors. Name enzyme substrate and product

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Starch, amalase, maltose

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15
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Which group of bio molecules

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Proteins

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16
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Factor that influenced activity

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Ph or temp

17
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How you carried out

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  1. Mix sodium Alg and water
  2. Mix yeast and water
  3. Dissolve calc chloride in water
  4. Pour yeast sol into sodium alg and mix and put into syringe
  5. Mix slowly to beaker of calc chloride
  6. Leave for 15 mins to harden
18
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How used apparatus

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Add sucrose solution to sodium alginate

Test for glucose using test strips

19
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Chemical nature of enzymes

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Protein

20
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Shape

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Folded

21
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Enzyme used for temp

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Catalase

22
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Substrate

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Hydrogen peroxide

23
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Why keep ph constant

A

To eliminate as possible influence on rate

24
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How to keep ph constant

A

Ph buffer

25
Q

How did u very temp

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Water baths

26
Q

How did you know enzyme was working

A

Foam

27
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Graph

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Y axis raté

X axis temp

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