Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Enzymes
- Chemicals that speed up the rate of an chemical reaction
- Are proteins
- Consist of long chains of amino acids joined together
- Work on chemicals called Substates
- Chemicals produced are called products
- Active site has a special shape that the substrate fits into- Lock and key
- Lock and key model
- High temperatures can denature enzymes by permanently changing the shape of the active site