Enzymes - created from Mind Map

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Biological Catalysts produced by living cells(on ribosomes)

control chemical rxns without being changed themselves

Anabolic- building up-photosynthesis

Catabolic-breaking down-respiration

Made of Protein (with a folded-3d globular shape)

Specific in Function

Specific: each enzyme only acts on a particular substrate e.g. amylase- starch

Substrate: substance on which an enzyme acts

Action affected by temperature and pH

How enzymes work

the substrate binds to the active site of the enzyme

An enzyme-substrate complex is formed.

enzyme changes shape to fit better around the substrate

Enzymes