Chemical Reactions and enzymes
When you bring two atoms together, what happens? Oxygen O2
What process happened to create the oxygen molecule?
What if no reaction happens?
O2 +H2 = H2O Reactants Products Chemical equation
Rules Limited to the number of atoms you start with You can only rearrange to form new compounds Why is this true?
Enzymes- biological molecules
Inside your body are many chemical reactions happening all the time. Digestion Metabolism Cellular respiration Reproduction Growth And many more
Catalyst- a molecule that speeds up the rate of chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy Enzymes are catalysts Consider carbonic anhydrase CO2 + H2O = H2CO3 The enzyme speeds up the reaction by a factor of 10 million They complete their job by lowering the activation energy
Energy
How does it work?
Regulation of enzymes. Temperature pH Regulatory molecules