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An enzyme is a protein that acts as a catalyst in a living thing
Enzymes are proteins which work as a biological catalyst, i.e. increases the rate of the chemical reaction.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoEnzyme is a biological catalyst (speeds reaction rates), by lowering the activation energy of a reaction.it help in digestion of food.
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∙ 9y agoThe main purpose for an enzyme in the organism is it speed up a chemical process. Enzymes also act as absorbers in cells.
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∙ 11y agoThey control biochemical reactions.
Enzymes accelerate chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy, or energy needed for the reaction to occur.
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∙ 10y agoThe enzymes act as catalysts for speeding up the reactions in the body and reduce the activation energy.
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What human functions are enzymes involved in?
In what human functions are enzymes involved
What enzymes act inside the small intestine and what are the functions of these enzymes?
enzymes are protien catalysts that spreed up digestion
Why are enzymes beneficial to cells?
Enzymes are beneficial to cells due to the functions that they perform. Most chemical reactions are catalyzed by enzymes in the cell.
Are antibodies made of enzymes?
Antibodies are not made of enzymes. Although they are both made of proteins, these substances have different structures and therefore have different functions
Functions of enzymes in acrosomal cap?
helps in the penetration of the spermatozoon into the ovum during fertiliztaion.
What human functions are enzymes involved in?
In what human functions are enzymes involved
What are functions of enzymes?
Catalyst for proteins
What enzymes act inside the small intestine and what are the functions of these enzymes?
enzymes are protien catalysts that spreed up digestion
Why are enzymes beneficial to cells?
Enzymes are beneficial to cells due to the functions that they perform. Most chemical reactions are catalyzed by enzymes in the cell.
What usually functions as a catalyst for biochemical reactions?
Enzymes
Organ that produces enzymes?
in fact each and every cell of our body produces enzymes to be able to perform its functions.
List at least four functions of enzymes?
Enzymes serve a wide variety of functions inside living organisms, Enzymes are catalysts that speeds up the digestion of food. Enzymes are responsible for the synthesis of DNA. Enzymes break down starch into glucose, breaks down protein into amino acid, and breaks lipids down into fatty acids.
What functions do allosteric enzymes serve in reaction sequences?
Enzyme reaction rates can be decreased by various types of enzyme inhibitors. ... Enzymes serve a wide variety of functions inside living organisms
What functions do enzymes serve?
Enzymes are a form of biological catalyst. They are proteins, and they help to accelerate biochemical processes.
Are chemical reactions within cell promoted by enzymes or proteins?
I guess that the correct answer to that is enzymes. Enzymes, on the other hand, are proteins. Therefore, this is also one of the functions that proteins have.
How are enzymes critical to the correct functioning of the body?
All of your body functions
What determines an enzymes function and how many functions one enzyme have?
two
