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Introduction to Enzymes Flashcards

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1
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What is Lipase?

A

An Enzymes the helps digest Fats

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What is Amalayse?

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An Enzyme found in saliva that helps change starch in to fat

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What is Lactase?

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An Enzyme that helps to degest Lactose, a sugar found in Milk and other dairy products

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What type of Biomolecule is an Enzyme?

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Protein

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Do Enzymes speed up or slow down chemical reactions?

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Speed up

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What three letters do most Enzymes end in?

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ASE

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What is one example of an enzyme?

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Lipase

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Are Enzymes specific to a certain substrate?

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Yes

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What does it mean for an Enzyme to be “Substrate Specific”?

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Substrates and Enzymes don’t bind together

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What are the three main parts of the Enzyme Substrate Complex?

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The Enzyme, The Substrate, The Active Site

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What is an Enzyme?

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A specialized protein that acts as a catalyst to accelarate chemical reactions

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What is a Substrate?

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The substance and Enzyme acts/binds on to

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What is an Active Site?

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The area of an Enzyme where the substance binds to the Enzyme

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What is an Enzyme-Substrate Cmplex?

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Once and Enzyme and Substrate bind together, it is known as an Enzyme-Substrate Complex

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What is a Product?

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After the Enzyme is done catalyzing a reaction, a product is released/produced (or products)

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What is the function of a Substrate?

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The substance and Enzyme acts/binds on to

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What is the name of the area to which the Substrate binds on to the Enzyme?

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Active Site

18
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After a reaction occurs, what is released?

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A product(s)

19
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What can Enzyme activity be affected by?

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Temperture, pH (how acidic or basic), Ionic Concentration, Inhibitors

20
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Temperature?

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Increasing (hot) temperatures generally speeds up a reaction and decreasing (cold) temperatures slows down a reaction. However, extreme (too high) temperatures can cause an Enzyme to denature (lose its shape) and stop working

21
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pH?

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Enzyme activity is at its maximum value at the optimum pH. As the value is increased above or decreased below the optimum pH the Enzyme activity decreases

22
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What does the word OPTIMAL mean?

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Best

23
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How does a competitive inhibitor affect Enzyme activity?

A

If the active site is blocked the substrate can’t bind

24
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What happens to an Enzyme when a non-competitive inhibitor attaches to it?

A

Changes Substrate shape

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