Key Area 4: Proteins and Enzymes Flashcards

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1
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Proteins functions?

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Structural, enzymes, antibodies, membrane receptors

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Proteins

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Folded up amino acid chains that have many different functions in the body

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3
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Amino acids

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Fundamental molecules that make up proteins

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4
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Structural proteins

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proteins that help living organisms maintain their shape and structure

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Enzyme

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are proteins, act as biological catalysts to speed up chemical reactions in cells. remain unchanged

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Hormone

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Carry specific messages in the bloodstream of living organisms

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Antibodies

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Provide specific defence against body invaders such as certain bacteria and viruses

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Receptors

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Allow cells to recognise specific substrates

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Biological catalyst

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a protein that speeds up a specific chemical reaction in a cell and remains unchanged

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10
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Active site

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where substrate molecules attach to their specific enzyme

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Substrate

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the chemicals that an enzyme reacts with

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Enzyme-substrate complex

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enzyme and substrate fit tightly together in the active site

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13
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Product

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14
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The active site of an enzyme has a …. shape because each has a ….. substrate which it can act with

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Specific

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15
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Degredation

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is the breaking down of large molecules into smaller ones

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16
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Synthesis

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Is building up a large molecule from smaller ones

17
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Optimum

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the conditions that are most favorable for an enzyme to be active

18
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Denatured

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The enzyme will not be able to attach to it’s substrate anymore

19
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When the active site changes shape this means that the enzyme has become

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Denatured

20
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Enzyme action results in

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products

21
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Enzymes can be involved in

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degradation and synthesis

22
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The shape on an active site is determined by the sequence of and bonding between

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amino acids

23
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The active site is … to the substrate molecule

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Specific (complementary)

24
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Factors that affect enzyme activity

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Temperature, pH

25
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How does temp. affect enzyme activity

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e are inactive at low temps. as temp increases they move more and rate of reaction increases

26
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At high temps the shape of the active site

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becomes altered and the enzyme is denatured

27
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how does pH affect enzyme activity

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e work best at their optimum pH. If pH is to low or too high the enzyme becomes denatured

28
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A control copy of the experiment

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where all factors are kept the same but the independent variable is changed

29
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Enzyme experiments can investigate the effect of … on the rate of reaction

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temp, pH, substrate concentration and enzyme concentration

30
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What name is given to the substance that breaks an enzyme down?

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Substrate