Can enzymes be killed

Answer 1

Yes, enzymes can be destroyed. The enzymes in fruits, vegetables and meat are damaged or destroyed during cooking. They can't die they only get denatured which means they lose their shape and the starting chemical can't fit into the enzyme any more.

Answer 2

Enzymes can be denatured, which means if the surrounding temperature of the enzyme passes the specific enzymes optimum temperature, the activesite of it changes and it doesn't work any more. This is a denatured enzyme. This i suppose is a type of deactivation?

Answer 3

Technically, enzymes are not alive hence they cannot be "killed". However, they can denature, which is the enzyme equivalent of being killed. When pH, temperature or some other factors are too high or too low, the enzyme's bonds start to break and the enzyme becomes non-functional. At this point, the body either makes new enzymes (which would be obsolete if the cell stays in such environment) or have the enzyme renature when the environment returns to it's normal condition.

Answer 4

Yes. All enzymes are proteins that are subject to denaturation or "killing" if they are exposed to too high a temperature. However, some proteins are less susceptible to heat denaturation than others. Most proteins are biologically active at body temperature (37 degrees C). Some will denature at slightly higher temperatures, others (such as those found in the Thermus Aquaticus bacteria) must be heated to above 100 degrees C in order to be denatured!

Answer 5

Enzymes are types of proteins. Heat breaks apart the hydrogen bonds that hold protein structures in place, basically disassembling them. When proteins don't have the correct shape, their function is changed or destroyed completely. This process is known as denaturalization.

Answer 6

Enzymes are basically proteins. Proteins are macromolecules whose structures are maintained by hydrogen bonds which are not so resistant to heat and chemical action. In order to denature(destroy) a protein, it shhould be heated to a sufficient temperature. This breaks its secondary structure and the protein loses its function.

Answer 7

Enzymes are proteins that can be denatured or destroyed by extreme conditions such as high heat or extreme pH levels. In normal conditions, enzymes are not alive to be killed.

Answer 8

High heat & strong acids or bases.

Answer 9

Yes. Enzymes function best in specific heat and ph ranges.

Answer 10

yes they do and they are based in your saliva and stomach to try and help the white blood cells defeat the bacteria