Many proteins are enzymes
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- Created on: 11-06-17 15:59
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- Enzymes may be intracellular or extracellular
- Intracellular - proteins which working inside cells
- Extracellular - proteins which work outside cells
Tertiary Structure
- Enzymes are globular proteins
- The substance an enzyme works on is called the substrate
- On the enzyme's surface, a substrate fits into the active site
- The active site and substrate are complementary
- The specificity of an enzyme refers to its ability to catalyse just one reaction or type of reaction
Enzymes as catalysts
- Catalysts speed up chemical reactions without being altered themselves
- The reactant molecules must collide and achieve the transition state, for any…
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