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They are known as reactants or substrates.
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∙ 9y agoA molecule that an enzyme acts on is called a substrate. The type of substrate depends upon the type of enzyme.
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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.
The molecule on which an enzyme acts is called an?
The substance on which enzymes act are called substrates.
What are zygomens?
an inactive substance that is converted into an enzyme when activated by another enzyme.
This is the material or substance on which an enzyme acts?
Substrates
What is the enzyme called that acts upon the substrate pepsin?
food acted up on by the enzyme for pepsin
What is the substance an enzyme act upon called?
the substance that an enzyme acts upon is subtrate
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.
What is an enzyme called when it is acted upon a substance?
This is known as an enzymatic reaction.
How do you speed up an enzyme reaction?
By adding more substance that the enzyme is acting upon, it forces that enzyme to be faster in order to complete the process.
The enzyme molecule region that combines with the substance it acts upon is what?
the active site
Will an enzyme that hydrolyzes protein act upon starch?
No. They are substrate specific.
What in tears act as a chemical barrier and destroy pathogens on the surface of the eye?
You have the enzyme called as lysozyme. It is the enzyme that act as a bacteriostatic substance. It adversely affect the bacteria on the surface of the eye.
What is the name given to the substance that an enzyme works on?
An enzyme will alter its substrate although the specific substrate depends on the enzyme.
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 is the specific substance being acted upon by an enzyme?
fit into the active site on the enzyme
The molecule on which an enzyme acts is called an?
The substance on which enzymes act are called substrates.
Is water a substrate?
A substrate is the substance in which an enzyme act, or a process occurs. For example lactose is a substrate, but water is not.
