Enzyme & Energy Vocabulary Quiz

Biological catalyst that speed up chemical reactions

Target molecules that are acted upon by biological catalysts

The location where the targeted molecule attaches to the biological catalyst

When an enzyme has to change its shape slightly to accommodate the shape of the substrate

Molecule that is organic, like vitamins, that helps an enzyme work

When a substance blocks the molecule from sitting on the active site of the enzyme

When the enzyme shape is distorted because a molecule attaches to the enzyme from a place other than the active site

The location where an inhibitor binds that is not the active site

The study of how energy from the sun is transformed into energy in living organisms

Reactions that release energy