Enzymes - CH4

A-level Biology , OCR A 

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Enzymes
Biological catalysts , globular proteins , interact with substrate molecules reducing the activation energy required
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Anabolic
Catabolic
growth reaction
breaking down reaction
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Metabolism
sum of all the different reactions in a cell or organism
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Vmax
maximum initial rate of the enzyme-catalysed reaction (enzymes can only increase rate of reaction to a certain point )
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Enzymes can effect the structure of an organism e.g)
enzymes are involved in the production of collagen an important protein in connective tissues
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Enzymes can affect the function/metabolism of an organism e.g)
a cellular level = respiration
whole organism = digestion in mammals
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Enzymes can effect the structure of an organism e.g)

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