Enzymes 999

What is a chemical reaction?

A process that changes one set of substances into another set of substances

​How do you know a chemical reaction  has occurred? 

•  Bubbling, spark, color change, heat, smell change

1. Reactant/Substrate: The substance that goes into the equation and is changed

2. Product: The result of the process

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​Parts of a chemical equation

1. Reactant/Substrate: The substance that goes into the equation and is changed

2. Product: The result of the process

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​Parts of a chemical equation

​Vocab:
3. Metabolism: All the chemical reactions in a body

Break down
(one reactant--> 2 products)

​​4. Digest/ Decomposition

​To build
(2 reactants --> 1 product)

​​5. Synthesis

Metabolism Requires ATP (Energy)

Key Ideas
Enzymes are reusable.
Enzymes are specific. They fit with a specific substrate based on their shape.

Lactase is an enzyme that help us break down Lactose (a sugar) in our bodies

Like an elevator...

Enzymes stop working when conditions aren't ideal.
These conditions include:
-Temperature
- pH
- water
- inhibitors
-etc.,

the process in which proteins lose its shape

6. Denaturation

Optimal conditions are at the peak of the graphs