Enzymes

• Enzymes are globular proteins that are biological catalysts
• Enzymes have a tertiary structure
• Denaturing an enzyme changes its tertiary structure
• Enzymes lower activation energy by putting stress on the bonds that hold the substrate molecule together
• Induced fit model says that the active site is flexible and has a general active site shape that can change to acomidate the complementary shape of the substrate
• To calculate initial rate of reaction change in Y axis/ change in X axis
• Competitive inhibitors bind to the active site which doesn’t allow for the substrate to bind
• Non competitive inhibitors binds to an enzymes alosteric site which changes the shape of the active site meaning the substrate cannot bind to the active site