Intracellular Enzymes Flashcards
1
Q
What are Intracellular enzymes?
A
- They act inside the cell.
2
Q
What is an example of an intracellular enzyme?
A
- Catalase breaks down hydrogen peroxide - a waste product of many cellular reaction.
3
Q
What is an turnover number?
A
- The number of substrate molecules turned into product per second
4
Q
What is an metabolic pathway?
A
- A lot of enzyme catalysed reaction inside the cells do not occur in isolation, they are part of a series of reactions.
5
Q
What are metabolites?
A
- All of the substrates and products
