Cell Metabolism & Enzymes Class Questions

What is an enzyme?

• Three fatty acids and a glycerol

• 3D fibrous protein

• A protein that gets used up in a chemical reaction

• Biological catalyst made of protein

True or false: Enzymes are used up in a chemical reaction reaction.

• True

• False

• I don't know

What phrase best describes enzyme specificity

• The enzyme has a specific shape to suit the product

• The enzyme's active site can either fit or change its shape to fit the product

• The enzyme's active site can either fit or change its shape to fit the substrate

• The enzyme's name is similar to the substrates name

Which molecules are high energy molecules?

• ADP and NADH

• ADP and NADPH

• ATP and ADP

• ATP and NADPH

Amylase works on the substrate __________ to produce maltose

All enzymes end in ..

• ose

• ase

• eases

• ise

Name one model for enzymes specificity

Immobilized enzymes are enzymes that ..

• are trapped to themselves or an inert material

• cannot move

• are free in solution

• don't work on substrates

True or False: Sodium alginate is the gel which we trapped our immobilized enzymes

• True

• False

• I don't know

Calcium chloride was a chemical used in the immobilized enzyme experiment

• Yes

• No