Biochemical Reactions & Enzymes Vocab

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Chemical reactions in a cell

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Metabolism

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Energy is needed to break or create bonds between substances.

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Chemical Reactions

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Process breaking down large molecules

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Catabolic

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Process of building large molecules from small ones

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Anabolic

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Energy needed for a chemical reaction

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Activation Energy

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Substances changed during a reaction

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Reactants (substrate)

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Substances made by a chemical reaction

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Products

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Reaction that absorbs energy; e.g., photosynthesis

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Endothermic

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Reaction that releases energy; e.g., cellular respiration

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Exothermic

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Protein that lowers activation energy for biochemical reactions.

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Enzyme