ENZYMES
•Enzymes are organic compounds.
•They are made up of proteins.
•They are called organic catalysts
Catalysts speed up a reaction but are not used up in the reaction.
Properties of Enzymes
• speed up the rate of the reaction
• lower the amount of energy required for a chemical reaction to happen
• remain unchanged at the end of the reaction
Enzymes either help break things down or put them
together.They often end in “ase”
• Lactase breaks down lactose.
• Sucrase breaks down sucrose.
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What enzyme is a person who is lactose intolerant missing?
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Lactase! That is why their stomach hurts.
How do enzymes work?
1. Substrate: the substance that is being broken down.2. Active Site: The place on the enzyme that connects to the
substrate.3. The active site of the enzyme connects to the substrate and
breaks it into the products.
Enzymes in your intestines break down your food.
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What does protease break the above proteins down into?
Amino Acids
Lock and Key
•Enzymes are specific•This means that only 1 substance, or substrate, will fit into each enzyme.(Just like your house key only works at your house.)
Lock and Key
•The key to your house can open your door many times. •An enzyme can also be used over and over again.•The key has a specific place on the door.
Several factors can affect the speed of an enzyme
• Coenzymes: Vitamins or minerals that speed up the rate of enzymes
Inhibitors:• Things that block an
enzyme and slow it down
• Examples: drugs
Denaturation– Factors that change
the shape of an enzyme
– Examples: Temperature and PH
• If you heat the protein above its optimal temperature bonds break .
• meaning the protein loses it folded up structure
• This is called denaturing the protein. The active site changes shape so the substrate no longer fits.
Effect of heat on enzyme activity
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40oC - denatures
5- 40oC Increase in Activity
<5oC - inactiveTemperature (degrees C)
If you melt your key , it won’t open your door!
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This is why you feel tired when you are sick.
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pH
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pH scale
For this enzyme, there are two optimal pH ranges for the enzyme to work.It does not work in other pHs because the active site changes