Enzymes

• What are enzymes function?

  Speed up reaction- act as a biological catalyst

  Catalyse metabolic reactions- cellular and for the organism as a whole

  Enzyme action can be within cells or outside cells.
• What are enzymes?


  They are proteins, have an active site with a specific shape, this is where the substrate binds to the enzyme
• How do enzymes speed up reactions?

  Enzymes speed up reactions by lowering the activation energy required for the reaction to occur.