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☆☆☆☆☆Enzymes are proteins that speed up chemical reactions.
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 triglyceride is made up of three fatty acids and one molecule Glycerol, C3H5(OH)3.
to increase the reaction rate
Activation energy is the energy required by a reaction for the reaction to occur. The catalyst lowers the activation energy, making it easier for the reaction to happen.
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A catalyst don't lowers the activation energy. A catalyst creates a alternative route (*) for the same reaction with a lower activation energy.
* = as a result of the interaction of the reagents with the catalyst.
One characteristic of unsaturated fats is that they are liquids at room temperature.
The enzyme that speeds up the breakdown of proteins in food are called protease.
