enzymes

• what is phosphorylase?

  G-1-P is the substrate

  Starch is the product

  Small molecules built up into large molecules
• What is degradation?

  Large complex molecules broken down into small simple molecules
• What is synthesis?

  Small simple molecules built up into large complex molecules
• What are enzymes made of?

  Protein
• What are enzymes and what do they do?

  Enzymes are biological catalysts so they speed up rates of reactions, lower activation energy and remain chemically unchanged
• What is special about an enzymes active site?

  It is specific to one substrate so only one substrate fits into the enzyme
• What effects enzyme activity?

  Temperature and pH
• What does an enzyme optimum temperature mean?

  The temperature the enzymes works best at
• When does the enzyme become denatured?

  High temperatures
• What does denatured mean?

  Active site changes shapes