0
It has a bean like shape. However it has another curve in the middle.
Wiki User
∙ 16y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoactive site.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the name of an enzyme only acts on one substrate?
Most enzymes are substrate specific because they have a specific shapes active site in which only a specific substrate can fit.
What determine the shape and function of a protein?
Conformation is what determines a protein's unique set of functional and otherwise shapes.
How enzyme structure makes an enzyme very specific?
Enzymes are proteins, which are made up of amino acids. Each enzyme has a different sequence of amino acids and changing even one amino acid will mean that the tertiary structure of the enzyme will be lost and so will it's active site. As enzymes are substrate specific, only a certain substrate will bind to its active site, due to its amino acid sequence determining the shape of the active site.
How does heating a enzyme affect its function?
For an enzyme to work it must bind to a specific substrate molecule, using a part of the enzyme molecule called the active site. To do this, the enzyme's active site and the substrate must have matching (complementary) shapes. The shape of an enzyme molecule depends on the exact way in which the molecule folds up. When enzymes are heated the weak bonds which hold the molecules in their precise shape are broken, and the enzyme molecule "unwinds" into a random shape. It can no longer bind with its substrate so it no longer has any activity. This "unwinding" of a protein molecule is called denaturation.
How did Watson and crick determine shapes of DNA?
it makes it do it by the shape in a microscope
Enzymes have specific what that determine their function?
Shapes
Enzymes have specific that determine their function?
Enzymes ARE specific for their substrate. For example: lipase breaks down lipids, not sugars.
How structures affects function?
The structure is important because each enzyme's shapes allows only certain reactants to bind the enzyme.
What is the name of an enzyme only acts on one substrate?
Most enzymes are substrate specific because they have a specific shapes active site in which only a specific substrate can fit.
Why are the active site in the substrate and enzyme catalyzed reaction often compared to a lock and key?
Because both the enzyme and the substrate possess specific complementary geometric shapes that fit exactly into one another.
Why are the active site and the substrate in a enzyme catalyzed reaction often compared to a lock and key?
Because both the enzyme and the substrate possess specific complementary geometric shapes that fit exactly into one another.
How are substrates like keys and enzymes like locks?
Enzymes have an active site that is specific for a substrate - therefore enzymes only work when the right substrate is present. The surfaces of the enzyme and the substrate fit together - like a lock and key - allowing the enzyme to fulfil its function. The theory of "induced fit" is more widely accepted - it is similar, but the enzyme shape changes to accommodate the substrate.
What determine the shape and function of a protein?
Conformation is what determines a protein's unique set of functional and otherwise shapes.
How does an enzyme's active site relate to its substrate?
Their Shapes Fit Snugly Together.
How does an enzyme's active site relates to its substrate?
Their Shapes Fit Snugly Together.
How does an enzyme activate site relate to its substrate?
Their Shapes Fit Snugly Together.
How does an enzyme active site relate to it substrate?
Their Shapes Fit Snugly Together.
