Enzymes Flashcards
What are enzymes?
Particular type of proteins
What do enzymes do?
Help a reaction go faster without being change in the reaction itself (catalysts)
What is it called when large substance become smaller substances?
Digestion
What is it called when smaller substances are used to make bigger substances?
Synthesis
What are amino acids?
Long chain of protein to make a protein molecule
What fits into the active site?
Substrate
What happens when temperature effects the active site?
It becomes denatured
What enzyme breaks down proteins into aminoacids?
Protease
What enzyme breaks down startch into glucose?`
Amylase
What enzyme breaks down fats into fatty acid and glycerol acid?
Lipase
What is a substrate?
Molecule the energy acts upon
What is a anabolic?
It builds up molecules
What is a catabolic?
Break down molecules
