Factors affecting enzyme activity
Cards (28)
- What are enzymes primarily composed of?
- How can factors affecting enzyme activity be investigated?
- What happens to kinetic energy as temperature increases?
- What effect does increasing temperature have on collision frequency?
- What does the Temperature Coefficient, Q10, measure?
- How does temperature affect an enzyme's structure?
- What happens to the bonds in an enzyme at high temperatures?
- What is the result of breaking bonds in an enzyme?
- What occurs when an enzyme is denatured?
- What is the optimum temperature for many human enzymes?
- What happens to the rate of reaction after enzymes denature?
- How do enzymes in polar regions adapt to cold conditions?
- What is the effect of smaller temperature changes on cold-adapted enzymes?
- How do enzymes in hot environments differ from those in cold environments?
- What bonds hold proteins in their precise shape?
- What does a change in pH affect in enzymes?
- What is the optimum pH for enzyme activity?
- What happens to an enzyme's structure when pH changes from optimum?
- What occurs if pH returns to optimum after a change?
- What happens when pH changes significantly?
- How do hydrogen ions interact with R-groups?
- What happens to R-groups at low pH?
- What is the effect of fewer hydrogen ions on enzyme shape?
- How does substrate concentration affect enzyme activity?
- What happens when enzyme concentration increases?
- What is the maximum rate of reaction dependent on?
- What happens when more active sites are available?
- What is required to increase the rate of reaction after maximum is reached?