Side Dishes Flashcards
How do the substrate and the enzyme relate to each other?
They relate to each other because the substrate is the molecule that the enzyme is acting upon.
What are enzymes made of?
Enzymes are made of proteins.
What type of enzymes break down the different organic molecules?
Digestive
Describe the process of digesting carbohydrates all the way down to glucose. Include the 2 enzymes names. (Use the Enzyme Bookwork for help)
AMYLASE+STARCH=MALTOSE
MALASE+MALTOSE=GLUCOSE
LOCK AND KEY MODEL: It means enzymes have highly specific active sites which only fit certain specific substrates.
To digest carbs, you start with the polymer unit of starch. With the amylase enzyme, starch is broken down into maltose.
Using the maltase enzyme, maltose is then broken down into glucose.
Describe the model that is used to show the process enzyme assisted reactions
It means enzymes have highly specific active sites which only fit certain specific substrates.
Describe what enzymes can do with molecules in a reaction.
Make monomers and polymers
What affects enzymes negatively?
Mercury, and lead. As well as extreme pH.
What were the results of the pineapple lab in relation to fresh and canned pineapple and their effect on gelatin? Why?
The canned pineapple made the gelatin solidify faster than the fresh pineapple because tropical fruit like pineapple has an enzyme that can break down protein but in the process of canning pineapple, the enzyme gets denatured so it can no longer break down the protein. Fresh pineapple can still breakdown the protein because it isn’t denatured
Molecule
Two or more atoms that are held together by chemical bonds.
Catalyst
A catalyst is something that helps a chemical reaction occur.
Substrate
Substance on which an enzyme acts.
Active site
The site where the enzymes attaches to its substrate.
Monomer
Is only one
Polymer
Poly means more than one
