Enzymes function

Question 1

Factors-pH

Answer 1

pH- How acidic or basic
-Each enzyme has optimal pH
-Different Shaped graphs per pH (curve/ bell shaped)

Question 2

Factors- Temperature

Answer 2

Temperature- Enzymes are made of proteins
-Too cold- slow to react
-Too hot- Proteins break, become
not the right shape, effecting the
ability.
-Mountain shaped graph

Question 3

Factors- Inhibitors

Answer 3

Inhibitors- Block enzyme function, either by binding to the active site or by binding to another location which distorts the shape of the active site.
-Bind reversibly or permanently
-Specific to a particular enzyme
-plateau shaped graph

Question 4

Factors- Cofactors and coenzymes

Answer 4

Cofactors-
-Cofactors are non-protein
components of an enzyme that
activate the enzymes
-Coenzymes are enzymes that
work together.
-Plateau shaped graph

Question 5

Factors- Reactant and product concentration

Answer 5

Reactant and Product concentration-
-Increasing substrate
concentration will increase the
reaction rate, up into the point of
enzyme saturation
-Increasing product concentration
concentration will decrease
reaction rate.