1. ENZYMES

2. Chemical reactions need help to get started
Chemical reactions need help to get started. Ex: A fire needs a match to get it started.

3. ______________ to get a chemical reaction _______________ = ________________________
ACTIVATION ENERGY
REACTANTS
PRODUCTS
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4. ___________ HELP CHEMICAL REACTIONS _______________
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___________ HELP CHEMICAL REACTIONS _______________
Catalysts work by ____________ the
___________________________to get a chemical reaction started.

5. IT’S LIKE PUSHING A SNOWBALL UP A HILL
Once it gets to top it can roll back all by itself

6. CATALYSTS in Living Things
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CATALYSTS in Living Things
In living systems __________ that
________________to control chemical reactions are called
= _________
SEE ANIMATION of AMYLASE
More about this in Chapters 7,8,9 and 12

7. PROTEINS CAN BE ENZYMES
_______
____________
__________________
____________
_________ _________ & __________
__________
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8. Click HERE to learn more about enzymes ENZYMES _____ like a _______________ to only _________of _________. Enzymes are ___________ by the reaction and ___________

9. FACTORS THAT AFFECT ENZYME ACTIVITY __________ & ______________ Conditions that are TOO ACIDIC or TOO HOT cause proteins to ________ or _________
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10. Denaturing _______ the _______ of the ______________ so enzyme ______________ to ____________
_______________ (keeping pH and temperature constant) is ______________ for maintaining ____________________
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11. Many enzyme NAMES end in _____
and the beginning of the name tells what it does
DNA Polymerase= “polymerizes”
joins monomers to make DNA
Protease=
breaks down proteins
ATP synthase= synthesizes ATP

12. MAKE CONNECTIONS How is the SHAPE of an enzyme related to its FUNCTION?