AP Biology: Enzymes Flashcards
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| 5730341387 | Enzyme | An organic catalyst (protein) that speeds up a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy |  | 0 |
| 5730341388 | Substrate | The specific reactant(s) acted upon by an enzyme | 1 | |
| 5730341389 | Active site | The part of an enzyme molecule where a substrate molecule attaches |  | 2 |
| 5730480740 | enzyme-substrate complex | reaction occurs in this stage of the process | 3 | |
| 5730341402 | red | Which line (red or blue) represents an enzyme catalyzed reaction? |  | 4 |
| 5730341403 | blue | Which line (red or blue) represents an uncatalyzed reaction? | | 5 |
| 5730341406 | activation energy | the "hill" of this graph; amount of energy required to get a reaction started | | 6 |
| 5730341417 | denaturation | destruction of the active site of the enzyme by breaking the weak bonds that hold the protein together in its 3-D structure | 7 | |
| 8033598117 | product(s) | the molecule(s) formed at the end of a reaction | 8 | |
| 8033604702 | specificity | property of enzymes in which the shape of the enzyme must match the shape of the substrate | 9 | |
| 8033614851 | hydrolysis | type of reaction that adds water to break down large macromolecules; digestion | 10 | |
| 8033627102 | dehydration synthesis | type of reaction that removes water to build large macromolecules from simple subunits | 11 | |
| 8033650515 | increasing temperature/change in pH | factors that slow or stop enzyme-controlled reactions by denaturing the enzyme | 12 |