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| 8251736505 | Endergonic | chemical reactions that result in a net release of energy | 0 | |
| 8251739292 | Exergonic | chemical reactions that absorb energy | 1 | |
| 8251742558 | Activation energy | the energy that a system needs before a process (reaction) can occur | 2 | |
| 8251764177 | enzyme specificity | each enzyme only catalyzes one specific reaction | 3 | |
| 8251769121 | substrates | these are the reactants which bind to enzymes in a reaction | 4 | |
| 8251777043 | active site | the site on an enzyme where substrates may attach | 5 | |
| 8251780843 | induced fit | the change in shape of the active site of an enzyme so that it binds more snugly to the substrate. This change is caused by the entry of the substrate | 6 | |
| 8251784025 | coenzymes | An organic molecule that is necessary in some enzymatic reactions | 7 | |
| 8251788176 | cofactor | An inorganic molecule that is needed in some enzymatic reactions | 8 | |
| 8251791697 | allosteric site | a region of the enzyme other than the active site to which a substrate can bind | 9 | |
| 8251803389 | allosteric regulators | affect the activity of an enzyme by binding to a site other than the active site and thus changing the shape and function of the enzyme | 10 | |
| 8251807882 | feedback inhibition | a method of control of a metabolic pathway in which an end product of the pathway acts as an inhibitor of an earlier enzyme within that same pathway | 11 | |
| 8251814022 | Competitive inhibition | A substance reduces an enzyme's activity by entering the active site and blocking it from the substrate typically involved in the reaction | 12 | |
| 8251816215 | Non-competitive inhibition | A substance binds to an allosteric site, causing the enzyme to change shape and making the active site no longer the correct shape for the substrate typically involved in the reaction | 13 |
