DNA, Biomolecule, Enzyme Vocabulary

Enzymes -

• Speed up chemical reactions by lowering activation energy

• Store long term energy

• End in -ose

• Responsible for our traits

Catalyst

• Increase rate of reaction without permanently changing

• Slow down reaction rates by lowering activation energy

• Created after a substrate binds to an enzyme

• Build muscle

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Substrate

• Substance that attaches to an enzyme

• Substance that attaches to a protein

• Substance that attaches to a carbohydrate

• Substance that attaches to a lipid

Products -

• New substance that are formed after an enzyme binds to a substrate

• What you buy at the store

• Form the backbone of DNA

• Used in the cell membrane

Denature

• When temperature or pH changes too much, causing an enzyme to lose its shape and stop catalyzing reactions

• When an enzyme is working at an optimal level

• The Wax on the outside of a leaf

• Increase the rate at which an enzyme is able to catalyze reactions

Inhibitor

• attaches to an enzyme and stops substrate from attaching

• attaches to an enzyme and helps substrate attach to it

• Increases protein synthesis

• Helps with the digestion of carbohydrates

Specific Enzymes bind to _________

• Specific Substrates

• Any Substrate

• Specific Viruses

Quickest energy source for life

• nucleic acids

• lipids

• proteins

• carbs

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Rigid carbohydrate that is found in the cell wall of plant cells (fiber)

• nucleic acids

• lipids

• cellulose

• carbohydrates

Used for long term energy storage

• carbs

• lipids

• nucleic acids

• proteins