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What conditions affects the function of enzymes?
Conditions such as temperature, pH, substrate concentration, and enzyme concentration can affect the function of enzymes. High temperatures can denature enzymes, extremes in pH can alter their structure, low substrate concentration can slow down reaction rates, and low enzyme concentration can limit the rate of reaction.
Change in the pH should the enzyme?
A change in pH can affect enzyme activity by altering the enzyme's shape and thus its ability to bind with its substrate. If the pH deviates too much from the optimal range for that specific enzyme, it can denature, leading to a loss of enzyme activity. pH can also affect the ionization state of the amino acid side chains in the enzyme's active site, crucial for substrate binding and catalysis.
Can the enzyme be reused or is it destroyed in the reaction?
Yes. Enzymes are pretty much known as catalysts, and the definition of a catalyst is "a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction, without being consumed or produced by the reaction." So thus we see the enzyme being active in a reaction but not destroyed. There are exceptions to this, though. If an enzyme is kept in hot, unfavorable temperatures, it will change shape or become "denatured" and may become useless in a very short time.
How does enzymes catalyze a chemical reaction?
by lowering activation energy to increase the reactionEnzymes are biological catalysts, and can hence lower the activation energy barrier of the reaction that it catalyses. Enzymes do this in several ways:1) Enzymes can provide a suitable environment for the reaction to take place. The active site of a enzyme can be highly acidic (pH
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 fits with an enzyme to make a reaction occur?
The substrate fits into the enzyme, much the way a key fits in a lock. Sometimes there are other "modulators" that also fit in the enzyme.
What conditions affects the function of enzymes?
Conditions such as temperature, pH, substrate concentration, and enzyme concentration can affect the function of enzymes. High temperatures can denature enzymes, extremes in pH can alter their structure, low substrate concentration can slow down reaction rates, and low enzyme concentration can limit the rate of reaction.
What happens when increasing the substrate concentration when there is less substrate than enzyme?
Dunno. But this is pretty cool. But if i search the question, i obvioudly don't know it, so why would i be given an optionto answer it?
Lock and key method?
In biology the lock and key method states that an enzyme and it's substrate are complementary and only the correct substrate can bind with the enzyme, this is due to the folding in the protein structure. However this theory is outdated and the inducted fit method is a much better representation.
How does a enzyme increase the rates of reactions?
An enzyme increases the rate of the reaction by lowering the activation energy needed for the reaction. The secret is that enzymes weaken the bonds in the substrate so that products are formed much faster. Enzymes are catalysts or substances that speed up the reaction (without being consumed in it). An enzyme increases the rate of reaction by lowering the energy of activation or (Ea). Enzymes achieve that by attaching to the substrate in the active site and forming an enzyme substrate complex in which the enzyme disturbs the covalent bond of the substrate. This causes it to enter the transitional state, which is the most energetic and unstable state. The enzyme then breaks apart, and the substrate goes into an exorganic reaction to form the product.
Change in the pH should the enzyme?
A change in pH can affect enzyme activity by altering the enzyme's shape and thus its ability to bind with its substrate. If the pH deviates too much from the optimal range for that specific enzyme, it can denature, leading to a loss of enzyme activity. pH can also affect the ionization state of the amino acid side chains in the enzyme's active site, crucial for substrate binding and catalysis.
What is better more substrates or more enzymes?
Depends on how much substrate the enzyme can process. Most enzymes can process more than one molecule of substrate without denaturing or becoming unusable. However, in the terms of your question. More substrate is better. Too many enzymes would mean the reaction would be cut short, because they would all react the substrate at once. So for a prolonged, efficient reaction more substrate would be proper.
How do enzyme activators affect enzymes?
Enzymes speed up chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy. The activation energy is the amount of energy needed to start a reaction and if this is lowered the reaction can occur more rapidly.
What determines an enzyme's function and how many unctions does one enzyme have?
The arrangement of it's active site. Some enzymes just provide a place where two reactants can be in a protected environment for the reaction, some enzymes stress bonds of reactant to lower the reaction activation energy and some enzymes have catalytic properties due to the arrangement of the various amino acid R groups in their active site. One enzyme, one substrate(s) and one function. So, many different classes of enzymes. Very much so
If you have an enzymatic reaction proceeding at the optimum pH and optimum temperature You add a competitive inhibitor to the reaction and notice that the reaction slows down?
Exactly. If a reaction is going as fast as it can go (optimum) and you add an inhibitor (something to impede it) it slows down. This could be done to prevent excessive heat or too much gas at one time.
What happens to the rate of enzyme reaction when you increase the enzyme concentration?
As the enzyme concentration increases, the rate of reaction will increase because there are many more enzymes present to aid break down the substrate. However, a point will be reached when no matter how much enzyme is present, the reaction will not occur any quicker. This is equilibrium. This happens because all the substrate is being broken down by the exact same amount of enzyme, so enzymes will be present which have no substrate to break down.
Can the enzyme be reused or is it destroyed in the reaction?
Yes. Enzymes are pretty much known as catalysts, and the definition of a catalyst is "a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction, without being consumed or produced by the reaction." So thus we see the enzyme being active in a reaction but not destroyed. There are exceptions to this, though. If an enzyme is kept in hot, unfavorable temperatures, it will change shape or become "denatured" and may become useless in a very short time.
