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What monomers are found in DNA and RNA

Nucleotides

Why do living things use enzymes instead of heat as a source of activation energy

Adding sufficient heat would harm or kill a living thing. also enzymes are far more efficient. A single enzyme can often carry out thousands of reactions per second. Living organisms use enzymes for activation energy because they speed up chemical reactions.

A nucleotide has how many parts

A nucleotide consists of three parts:

  • A sugar
  • A phospahte group
  • A nitrogenous base
Which substrate is digested by the enzyme protease

Protein

Which best describes the role of enzymes in chemical reactions

to increase the reaction rate

What enzyme speeds up the breakdown of proteins in food-

The enzyme that speeds up the breakdown of proteins in food are called protease.

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