Lesson 7- Digestion and enzyme function review Flashcards
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Hydrolytic enzyme
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Enzymes that require the presence of water to break apart food molecules; hydrolytic means to break with water by the process of hydrolysis; during chemical digestion of food molecules, a molecule of water is added to facilitate the breaking of the chemical bond
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pH
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Measure of the amount of free hydrogen ions (H+) in a system
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Substrate
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In enzymatic reactions, the substance which is the reactant
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Product
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The outcome of a reaction
