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It is not used up as it is a substance that the reactants can stick to, so there are more successful collisions (collision theory), increasing the rate of reaction; as opposed to reacting with the reactants.

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Is it true that Enzymes are not consumed during a chemical reaction?

Correct. Enzymes help to speed up chemical reactions. They may speed them up, costing them some energy, but they are never used up.


Is the enzyme used up during the speeding up?

No, enzymes are not used up during the reactions they catalyze. Instead, they facilitate the reaction by lowering the activation energy, allowing substrates to convert into products more efficiently. After the reaction, enzymes remain unchanged and can be reused multiple times. This characteristic makes enzymes effective catalysts in biological processes.


Do enzymes recycle after a reaction occurs?

Yes, enzymes are not consumed or altered during a reaction, so they can be used repeatedly to catalyze multiple reactions. After a reaction occurs, enzymes remain unchanged and available to catalyze additional reactions.


Is enzymes slow the rate of reaction?

Actually, enzymes are typically used to catalyse a biological reaction, leading to a faster reaction rate, not slower.


Are enzymes used up at the end of reaction?

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What does reusable enzymes mean?

Enzymes aren't used up or denatured after they catalyse a reaction.


Are enzymes affected by the chemical reaction they speed up?

Enzymes are biological catalysts. A catalyst speeds up a reaction by lowering the activation energy required. In other words a catalyst offers an alternative pathway to increase the rate of reaction- it is not consumed during a reaction, or affected.


When are enzymes used?

Enzymes are used in almost every biological reaction that takes place in an organism to expedite the process.


What happens to the enzymes after the substrate reacts?

It is either used again (many enzymes are used multiple times before broken down) or is broken down.


Do enzymes get used up in a reaction, or do they remain unchanged and available to catalyze multiple reactions?

Enzymes remain unchanged and available to catalyze multiple reactions. They are not used up in a reaction.


Are enzymes used in a chemical reaction?

Yes. Enzymes lower the activation energy needed to start a chemical reaction so that they can occur at temperatures safe for the organism.


How do enzymes function speeding up in a chemical reaction?

Enzymes function by lowering the activation energy needed for a chemical reaction to occur, which speeds up the reaction. They achieve this by providing an alternative pathway for the reaction to proceed more easily. Enzymes do not get consumed in the reaction and can be used repeatedly.