Enzymes are biologic polymers that catalyze the chemical reactions that make life as we know it possible. The presence and maintenance of a complete and balanced set of enzymes is essential for the breakdown of nutrients to supply energy and chemical building blocks; the assembly of those building blocks into proteins‚ DNA‚ membranes‚ cells‚ and tissues; and the harnessing of energy to power cell motility‚ neural function‚ and muscle contraction. With the exception of catalytic RNA molecules‚ or
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Study guide for Lecture Exam II Bio 202 (Heart‚ BV’s and Respiratory system) 1. The pulmonary circuit is supplied by which ‘side” of the heart? The systemic circuit? The right atrium 2. What is the functional difference between desmosomes and gap junctions? Desmosomes prevent adjacent cells from separating during contraction and gap junctions allow ions to pass from cell to cell transmitting current across the entire heart 3. What are the different effects of the PNS and SNS on heart rate?
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Factors Affecting Enzymes The activity of an Enzyme is affected by its environmental conditions. Changing these alter the rate of reaction caused by the enzyme. In nature‚ organisms adjust the conditions of their enzymes to produce an Optimum rate of reaction‚ where necessary‚ or they may have enzymes which adapted to function well in extreme conditions where they live.Increasing temperature increases the Kinetic Energy. In a fluid‚ this means that there are more random collisions between molecules
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Lab 5: Enzymes Student Name: Date: September 27‚ 2014 Course ID/Section: Bio 1408 Lab5 Answer the questions and report your data in this fillable PDF using the observations and results you recorded in your lab manual while performing the experiments. Save the completed PDF file with your last name and lab number and submit the report as directed by your instructor. (For example: jones_lab5.pdf) Consider the Concepts 1. If a chemical reaction is exergonic‚ it is considered spontaneous. Explain in
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Enzymes are catalytic proteins that speed up chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy of the reaction. our body cells depend highly on enzymes to complete many important functions‚ such as digestion and metabolism. Enzymes are selective‚ in which each enzyme can only speed up a specific reaction. There are molecules that enzymes work with called substrates. substrate bind to an area of an enzyme called active site. There is specificity between the enzyme and substrate that react with
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View Attempt 3 of 4 Title: Quiz 2 Started: April 19‚ 2009 10:20 PM Submitted: April 19‚ 2009 10:25 PM Time spent: 00:04:03 Total score: 30/30 = 100% Total score adjusted by 0.0 Maximum possible score: 30 1. What term describes a harmless noncancerous or precancerous tumor? Student Response Value A. malignant B. benign 100% C. metastatic D. lymphatic E. carcinogenic Score: 1/1 2. What is the name of the process by which cancer cells break off of tumors and spread to
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takes sunlight‚ water and carbon dioxide and can make organic food molecules and oxygen. Chloroplast 2. This organelle is constructed of cellulose and supports plant cells and prevents them from blowing up. Cellulos 3. This organelle contains enzymes for intracellular hydrolysis of food molecules. Lysosom 4. This organelle takes in food molecules and oxygen and can transfer the food energy to ATP batteries‚ which will eventually collision energy for chemical reactions. Products of these events
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Enzymes are proteins or nucleic acids that catalyze reactions. They are able to speed up reactions by reducing the activation energy of a reaction. Each kind of enzyme has a specific shape that matches its substrate so it can bind to its active site. Enzymes convert their substrates into a product. Enzyme activity are affected by factors such as temperature‚ pH‚ and time. If an enzyme is exposed to extreme heat‚ it will become denatured‚ that is‚ to become deformed and lose its original shape which
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Purpose: To find how pH and temperature levels affect the enzyme Background: Enzymes are a type of protein vital to sustaining life‚ it works with vitamins and minerals as a biological catalyst‚ which lowers the activation energy for a reaction to occur. Each individual type of enzyme does a specific job‚ and they do not die‚ they are reused. For example‚ catalase is an enzyme found in almost all living cells that will break down hydrogen peroxide and turn it into water and oxygen. The
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Patrick McCrystal Enzymes: Natural Catalysts Enzymes are catalytic proteins‚ meaning they speed up chemical reactions without beingused up or altered permanently in the process. Although various enzymes use different methods‚all accomplish catalysis by lowering the activation energy for the reaction‚ thus allowing it tooccur more easily. Enzymes have very specific shapes (conformations). Part of the conformationis the active site of the enzyme‚ where the actual catalysis occurs. The specific molecule
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