Enzyme action

• What are enzymes? 


  proteins that have a specific shape
• shat Is the grove called in it’s structure?


  active site
• What fits into the active site of an enzyme?

  Substrate
• What theory is linked to enzymes?

  Lock and key theory
• What represents the lock? and what represents the key? 


  Lock= active site

  key= substrate
• In order for the active site and the substrate to fit what must they be?

  Complimentary to one another
• what do enzymes do?

  They help speed up chemical Reactions in our bodies
• Name 2 factors affecting the action of enzymes

  Temp

  pH
• Which enzyme breaks down starch?

  amylase