Protein/Enzyme Vocabulary

The type of reaction that occurs when a molecule is broken down by an enzyme.

• Denatured

• Catabolic reaction

• Anabolic Reaction

• Decomposition

The special bond links amino acids together

• Glycosidic bond

• Activation energy

• Peptide bond

• Active site

Substances that co-operate with an enzyme to help it and its substrate fit together better

• competitive inhibitor

• active site

• denature

• coenzyme

The amino acids that our bodies can manufacture or modify

• essential amino acid

• non-essential amino acid

• coenzyme

• protein

Molecules that either form body structures or carry out bodily functions

• enzymes

• proteins

• amino acids

• substrate

These reactions occur when smaller molecules are bound together to create larger ones

• activation energy

• peptide bond

• anabolic reaction

• catabolic reaction

The molecule that an enzyme acts on

• active site

• coenzyme

• substrate

• protein

A molecule that competes with the substrate for the active site (toxin/poison).

• competitive inhibitor

• coenzyme

• substrate

• denature

The location on the enzyme where the substrate attaches

• denature

• essential amino acid

• induced fit

• active site

When the enzyme loses its functional shape

• competitive inhibitor

• coenzyme

• induced fit

• denature