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Is enzymes slow the rate of reaction?
Actually, enzymes are typically used to catalyse a biological reaction, leading to a faster reaction rate, not slower.
Do enzymes slow down or speed up a chemical reaction?
No, the sole purpose of enzymes are to increase the rate of a chemical reaction. Even if they are not at an optimal temperature, they will not slow down the reaction. They won't work as efficiently, but it will still be slightly faster than without the enzymes.
What is a substance that lowers the activation energy for a chemical reaction but is not changed or used up in the reaction?
This is called a catalyst. In biology, it is referred to as an enzyme (biological catalyst). Catalysts can also be used to speed up or slow down chemical reactions.
How does heat and cold can affect a chemical reaction?
Heat generally speeds up the reaction, while cold will slow it down. The enzymes in the cold are frozen.
Do enzymes slow down reactions?
are enzymes carbohydrates
Why is it important that enzymes are not changed by the reaction that they control?
Enzymes need to remain unchanged by the reaction they catalyze in order to be reused multiple times, ensuring efficiency in the cell. If enzymes were changed during the reaction, they would not be available to catalyze subsequent reactions, which would slow down essential cellular processes.
Why does storing food in a freezer slow down the rate of reaction?
All chemical and biological reactions take longer at low tempretures.
What effect do enzymes have on living things?
it speed up or slow down reaction in a substrate and aids blood clotting,digestion of food. And others....
Why are enzymes referred to as organic catalysts?
they speed up slow reaction
What things speed up or slow down a chemical reaction?
Some different things that could speed/slow up/down a chemical reaction are: Temperature (If higher, molecules move faster, reactions speeds up) SPEED UP Temperature (If lower, molecules will move slower, reaction slower) SLOW DOWN CATALYST (A catalyst is anything that SPEEDS up a reaction without being consumed[running out of energy]) SPEED UP Concentration More substrates [reactants/puzzle pieces to enzymes faster reaction)SPEED UP Concentration (Less substrates- slower reaction) SLOW DOWN ...well, there you go... :)
Materials that slows down chemical reactions?
In biological chemical reactions, examples of these are called enzyme inhibitors. Enzymes speed up reactions, but enzyme inhibitors slow them down. This can be by either competing with the reactants for a spot on the enzyme, or by altering the enzyme's structure so that it does not speed up reactions anymore. In either case, enzyme inhibitors slow down chemical reactions.
What are most enzymes about at 0 degrees celcus?
Most enzymes are inactive at 0 degrees Celsius because low temperatures decrease molecular motion and slow down enzyme activity, resulting in reduced reaction rates.
