The enzyme reduces the activation energy of the reaction, therefore chemical reaction speeds are increased.
Enzymes are substances that increase the speed of a chemical reaction. 1. A substrate attaches to an enzyms's active site. 2. The enzyme reduces the activation energy of the reaction. 3. The enzyme is not changes by this reaction. That is how a Biology book explains it. I hope that helps you.
A specific enzyme is an enzyme that only changes the speed of ONE reaction. (It only acts on one particular substance that happens to be compatible with that enzyme) i.e. if enzyme A is specific to reaction A, it will change the speed of reaction A. However it will have no effect on any other reaction like reaction B or C.
3 factors that affect the speed of an enzyme catalysed reaction are: .Temperature .Enzyme Concentartion .Substrate concentration
Adding an enzyme will likely speed up the breakdown of starch into glucose. Enzymes are biological catalysts that can increase the rate of chemical reactions, often significantly. This would result in a faster conversion of starch into glucose compared to the reaction without the enzyme.
to speed up a chemical reaction
No, since the reaction reaches a max rate depending on the speed of which the Enzyme bonds to the substrate and the speed at which the enzyme catalyzes the reaction to produce enzyme and product (shown below). E + S --> ES (E - enzyme, S - substrate, P - products) ES --> E + P Thus, if each reaction rate is not equal to each other, the rate of the overall reaction is not only proportional to both the concentration of enzyme and substrate.
Enzymes are catalysts in a chemical reaction, they are used in chemistry to increase the speed of a specific chemical reaction. A single enzyme will not speed up multiple chemical reactions, usually it is limited to one reactant.
Yes. Say each enzyme molecule can do one reaction at a time. You will have more product with 100 enzymes than with 10 in the same amount of time. The rate (speed) of the reaction is the change in concentration of the product divided by the change in time.
Enzyme or catalyst
catalyzed reaction
Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions in living organisms by lowering the activation energy required for the reaction to occur. They are highly specific and can catalyze a wide range of reactions within cells.
Enzyme will reduce the activation energy of the reaction, thereby the speed of the reaction increases or acting as a catalyst.