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Yes, an enzyme is a substance, an organic substance, because it is a protein, and all proteins contain carbon, which is the definition of an organic substance.

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The substance acted upon by an enzyme is called its?

A substrate is the substance acted upon by an enzyme. The enzyme substrate complex is when an enzyme molecule combines with its substrates.


Is an enzyme an organic substance?

Yes, an enzyme is an organic substance, because it is a protein, and all proteins contain carbon, which is the definition of an organic substance.


How do you use inhibitor in a sentence?

An enzyme inhibitor is a substance that binds to an enzyme and decreases the enzyme's activity.


What is the substance an enzyme act upon called?

the substance that an enzyme acts upon is subtrate


This essential substance increases the rate of a biochemical reaction?

the inorganic substance which increases the enzyme activity is called?


Is maltose a substance of an enzyme?

Yes


How does a biological negative feedback loop work?

Negative Feedback: Enzyme A makes Substance A when Substance A is not available in the Diet. When Substance A becomes available in the Diet, Enzyme A is no longer required and The Negative Feedback loop shuts down the production of Enzyme A.


What hydrogen is a substance of the enzyme catalase?

peroxide


What would happen if most biochemical reactions are catalyzed by the same enzyme?

If an enzyme produces too much of one substance in the organism, that substance may act as an inhibitor for the enzyme at the beginning of the pathway that produces it, causing production of the substance to slow down or stop when there is sufficient amount.


What are some factors that affect enzyme speed?

Substance concentration, enzyme concentration, temperature and PH level


A part substance or element that lies beneath and supports another part substance or element the reactant in reactions catalyzed by enzymes?

Substrate is the term used to describe a substance that undergoes a reaction catalyzed by an enzyme. It is the substance that is acted upon by the enzyme to form a product. In a chemical reaction, the substrate is the molecule upon which an enzyme acts.


What is a substance that lowers the rate at which enzyme catalyzes a reaction but doesn't bind to the active site?

A noncompetitive inhibitor is a substance that can bind to the enzyme at a location other than the active site, altering the enzyme's shape and reducing its activity. This type of inhibition does not compete with the substrate for binding to the enzyme.