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• Enzymes are mostly protein biological catalysts, with some RNA examples • They work in small amounts and remain unchanged after catalysis
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• Metabolism is all enzyme-controlled chemical reactions in cells • Specific enzymes control which metabolic reactions occur and when
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• Anabolism builds complex molecules by condensation and requires energy • Catabolism breaks molecules by hydrolysis or oxidation and releases energy
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• Enzymes are usually globular proteins with a small active-site pocket • The active site binds substrate, forms an ES complex, and catalyses reaction
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• Substrate binding induces shape changes in both enzyme and substrate • Induced fit aligns catalytic groups and raises substrate toward transition state
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• Molecular motion brings substrates and active sites into collision • Higher kinetic energy increases successful active-site collisions
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• Active-site amino acid arrangement determines substrate specificity • Denaturation changes tertiary structure and active-site shape, not peptide bonds
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• Temperature increases rate to an optimum, then denaturation lowers activity • pH changes active-site bonding; substrate concentration rises to saturation plateau
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• Measure substrate loss or product formation per unit time • Use initial rate, replicates, controls, and graphs from amylase or catalase assays
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• Enzymes lower activation energy by providing an alternative pathway • They stabilize transition states but do not remove the energy barrier
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