Question #c8abd
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A catalyst like an enzyme allows a location for chemical reactions to take place, making the chemical reactions possible in a cell.
Explanation:
Enzymes make possible chemical reactions within a cell that would not, could not, take place without the enzyme.
The enzyme is a a 3d protein. with water seeking amino acids and water phobic amino acids. These amino acids arrange themselves into a 3d structure that provides a binding site for the components needed for essential chemical reactions within the cell.
Sugar for example can be burned outside of the cell releasing energy. If this reaction were to occur inside of a cell without the function of catalistic enzymes the cell would burn up.
A complex series of catalyzed reactions known as the Kreb's cycle allow the sugar to be burned ( oxidized ) in slow steps resulting in the formation of ATP an energy molecule, rather than fire and heat.
Enzymes a type of biological catalyst make reactions within a cell possible, Without the correct structure of the protein enzyme vital chemical reactions would not take place within a cell.
