Enzymes Vocabulary

Activation Energy

• Energy needed for a reaction to occur

• A substance that works with an enzyme to change the rate of a reaction.

• Change the molecular conformation of a protein to destroy its function

• Proteins that can change the rates of specific reactions.

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

Active Site

• The location on an enzyme where the substrate attaches

• The chemical process in which water molecules are released to form bonds between monomers to produce polymers

• The intermediate formed when a substrate interacts with the enzyme’s active site

• The chemical process in which water molecules are added to break the bonds of a polymer

Coenzyme

• A substance that works with an enzyme to change the rate of a reaction.

• A substance being acted upon by an enzyme

• Proteins that can change the rates of specific reactions.

• The location on an enzyme where the substrate attaches

Dehydration Synthesis

• The chemical process in which water molecules are released to form bonds between monomers to produce polymers

• The chemical process in which water molecules are added to break the bonds of a polymer

• Change the molecular conformation of a protein to destroy its function

• Energy needed for a reaction to occur

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Denature

• Change the molecular conformation of a protein to destroy its function

• The intermediate formed when a substrate interacts with the enzyme’s active site

• The location on an enzyme where the substrate attaches

• Proteins that can change the rates of specific reactions.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Enzyme-Substrate Complex

• The intermediate formed when a substrate interacts with the enzyme’s active site

• A substance that works with an enzyme to change the rate of a reaction.

• A substance being acted upon by an enzyme

• Proteins that can change the rates of specific reactions.

Enzymes

• Proteins that can change the rates of specific reactions.

• A substance that works with an enzyme to change the rate of a reaction.

• Energy needed for a reaction to occur

• The chemical process in which water molecules are added to break the bonds of a polymer

Hydrolysis

• The chemical process in which water molecules are added to break the bonds of a polymer

• The intermediate formed when a substrate interacts with the enzyme’s active site

• A substance that works with an enzyme to change the rate of a reaction.

• The location on an enzyme where the substrate attaches

Substrate

• A substance being acted upon by an enzyme

• The intermediate formed when a substrate interacts with the enzyme’s active site

• Energy needed for a reaction to occur

• A substance that works with an enzyme to change the rate of a reaction.