Enzyme ||

Question 1

What is the substrate?

Answer 1

The substance an enzyme reacts with.

Question 2

What is a product?

Answer 2

A product is formed when enzyme reacts with substrate.

Question 3

What is the active site?

Answer 3

The region of an enzyme that binds with the substrate

Question 4

How does an enzyme work?

Answer 4

• Substrate binds to active site, forming an enzyme- substrate complex.
• enzyme slightly alters the shape of its active site in order to fit the substrate -> induced fit theory
• product is then released from active site/ active site now available again to repeat process

Question 5

What is an enzyme?

Answer 5

Enzymes are proteins made in living cells, which can speed up and control chemical reactions without themselves being changed. - biological catalysts.