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Chapter 5 Enzymes Vocabulary
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1[blank_start]Metabolic reactions[blank_end] are the chemical reactions that take place inside a living organism.
- AMetabolic reactions
2The part of the enzyme molecule into which its substrate fits is the [blank_start]active site[blank_end].
- Aactive site
3[blank_start]Amylase[blank_end] is an enzyme which breaks down starch to maltose.
- AAmylase
4[blank_start]Catalase[blank_end] is an enzyme found in almost all living tissue, which speeds up the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen.
- ACatalase
5[blank_start]Proteases[blank_end] finish breaking down polypeptides into amino acids.
- AProteases
6The substance on which an enzyme acts is a [blank_start]substrate[blank_end].
- Asubstrate
7[blank_start]Enzymes[blank_end] are proteins that function as biological catalysts.
- AEnzymes
8A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction and is not changed by the reaction is a [blank_start]catalyst[blank_end].
- Acatalyst
9A protease enzyme found in the stomach is a [blank_start]pepsin[blank_end].
- Apepsin
10[blank_start]Lactase[blank_end] is an enzyme that breaks down the disaccharide lactose into glucose and glucagon.
- ALactase
11A change in the organism's environment that can be detected by its sense organs is a [blank_start]stimulus[blank_end].
- Astimulus
12[blank_start]Lipase[blank_end] is an enzyme that digests fats to fatty acids and glycerol.
- ALipase
13When an enzyme has changed shape so much that the substrate no longer fits into it, it has become [blank_start]denatured[blank_end].
- Adenatured
14The substance formed in an enzyme-controlled reaction is a [blank_start]product[blank_end].
- Aproduct
15The temperature at which an enzyme works best is the [blank_start]optimum temperature[blank_end].
- Aoptimum temperature
16When the substrate fits into the enzyme at the active site, it becomes an [blank_start]enzyme-substrate complex[blank_end].
- Aenzyme-substrate complex
17[blank_start]Carbohydrase[blank_end] is the enzymes that catalyze the breakdown of carbohydrates.
- ACarbohydrase
18[blank_start]Maltase[blank_end] is the enzymes that catalyzes the breakdown of maltose.
- AMaltase
19[blank_start]Sucrase[blank_end] are the enzymes that catalyzes the breakdown of sucrose.
- ASucrase
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