Enzymes Overview

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• How do enzymes function in biological systems?
• Why do enzymes sometimes need cofactors?
• Why are enzymes specific?
• What enzymes are used in DNA replication?
• How do enzymes help digestion?
• How do enzymes differ from hormones?
• How are enzymes specific to substrates?
• What are enzyme substrates?
• What are activation energies?
• What are some examples of enzymes?
• What are enzymes?
• What enzymes are in the digestive system and what do those enzymes do?
• What does amylase do?
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• What is catalase and whats its function in organisms?
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• What is the relationship between an enzyme and its substrate?
• What is the catalytic cycle of an enzyme?
• What is the substrate and product for the enzyme Lipase?
• What are some properties of enzymes?
• What is the function of enzymes?
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• How does an enzyme work?
• What is enzyme inactivation?
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• What is the active site of an enzyme?
• As a general rule, how many specific substrates can bind to an enzyme?
• Why are nucleic acids important?
• What are Koch's Postulates?
• What is the general function of enzymes in the human body?
• What happens to an enzyme's structure as it exceeds the typical human body temperature?
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• Some organisms live in a very acidic environment. How would that enzyme react if it were placed in a basic environment?
• Where do enzymes act as catalysts?
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• Are enzymes able to heat up molecules so that they can react?
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• What happens at the active site of an enzyme?
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• Which part of the body contains enzymes that break down starch into simple sugars?
• What are enzymes made from?
• What effect will boiling have on an enzyme's activity?
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• What is a restriction site?
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• What does the lock and key hypothesis state?
• Why is the structure of an enzyme referred to as a "lock and key"?
• Where do restriction enzymes come from?
• What are the essential roles that enzymes play in cells?
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• What is an RNA molecule that has enzyme activity called?
• What is an allosteric enzyme?
• How can we determine if an enzyme will work with a specific substrate?
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• What is a substrate?
• What causes competitive inhibition?
• Why are enzymes specific to certain substrates?
• What is allosteric inhibitor?