what are enzymes and how do they work?

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  • what are enzymes?

    proteins that are biological catalysts they speed up reactions without being used up
  • what are the 2 main types of enzymes?
    Intracellular and extracellular
  • what is an intracellular enzyme?
    made and act inside the cell used for respiration and photosynthesis
  • what are extracellular enzymes?
    made inside the cell but act outside, digestive enzymes like digestive enzymes like amylase