Enzymes

Question 1

What is true of enzymes?

Answer 1

• They are proteins
• They act as catalysts
• Each is specific to one particular reaction
• Their activity can be changed by the environment they are in.

Question 2

Which is the part where the reaction occurs at?

Answer 2

The active site

Question 3

Enzymes

Answer 3

would be found in prokaryotic cells

Question 4

The advantage an enzyme brings to a reaction is that…

Answer 4

lowers the energy of activation of the reaction.

Question 5

The reaction we worked with in lab, we could monitor the rate of reaction by observing…

Answer 5

The speed of production of brown colored quinone.

Question 6

A student adds 1ml of catechol to 2ml of enzyme containing solution and finds that the reaction is finished after 2 minutes. If he does the experiment again using 3 ml of enzyme solution and 1 ml catechol, would the reaction finish quicker?

Answer 6

Can’t say

Question 7

Discuss a way to alter the activity of an enzyme?

Answer 7

By adding heat to the enzyme it will alter the activity of an enzyme by inhibiting any reaction to take place.