Enzymes Moving reactions at the speed of life

Discuss with your shoulder partners What are enzymes? Why are enzymes necessary for Organisms? What are the characteristics of enzymes?

Research

Now lets compare our research. Get with your shoulder/table partners and compare your findings.

Break into equal lab groups and evaluate the analysis questions on your lab table.

Triangle Vocabulary

Anabolic and Catabolic Enzymes Anabolic Catabolic

Anabolic reactions build new molecules and/or store energy.

The energy of catabolic reactions is used to drive anabolic reactions.

Enzymes and DNA Strands of DNA are held together by hydrogen bonds. During the replication of DNA, these bonds are broken by an enzyme called DNA helicase

... time to check for understanding Quiz

with enzymes without enzymes activation energy with enzymes activation energy without enzymes Label the graph below with the following terms.