enzymes and metabolic pathways

Question 1

enzymes

Answer 1

proteins that help speed up metabolism, or the chemical reaction in our bodies

Question 2

substrate

Answer 2

the surface on which an organism grows or is attached in biology

Question 3

metabolic pathway

Answer 3

interconnected biochemical reactions that convent a substrate molecule or molecules through a series of metabolic intermediates, eventually yielding a final product or products

Question 4

metabolic pathway function

Answer 4

the sequence of enzyme catalysed reactions that lead to the conversion of a substance into a final product. Metabolic cycles encompass a series of reactions in which the substrate is continuously reformed and the intermediate metabolites are continuously regenerated.

Question 5

how does DNA and environment result in the phenotype of an organism

Answer 5

it can affect how the phenotype may be expressed