Metabolism of food in the human body

Question 1

Enzyme: biological catalysis

Answer 1

Required in small amounts, are specific to one reaction/reaction type

Question 2

Enzyme: biological catalysis

pH
Acid side chain will ____ Proton and it will be _____ charged at ______

Answer 2

donate
negatively
intermediate higher pH

Question 3

Enzyme: biological catalysis

pH
Basic side chain will ____ Proton and it will be _____ charged at ______

Answer 3

accepts
positively
intermediate and low pH

Question 4

Enzyme: biological catalysis

pH
Changes in the tertiary structure is due to the…
Denature is caused by…

Answer 4

changes in pH

heat and pH change

Question 5

Enzyme: biological catalysis

Hydrolysis of protein

Answer 5

is a chemical reaction that breaks a bond in a molecule using water as a reactant
Involves breaking a peptide link (covalent bond)
Polypeptide ———-> dipeptide ———–> amino acids
Hydrolysis hydrolysis

Question 6

Metabolism of food

Catabolic reaction define

Answer 6

Where large biomolecules are hydrolyzed into smaller biomolecules

Question 7

Metabolism of food

Anabolic reactions define

Answer 7

Where biomolecules are synthesized from smaller biomolecules