Describe this chemical. Is it a monosaccharide or a disaccharide?
Sucrose is a disaccharide. It is essentially table sugar. It is considered to be a nutrient.
A is _________
the enzyme's active site. The substrate fits into it.
Catabolism is ____________.
The breaking of chemical bonds to produce smaller molecules from larger ones. (Digestion)
What is activation energy?
The minimum amount of energy needed for a chemical reaction to occur.
What are cofactors and coenzymes? Why are they needed?
Cofactors and Coenzymes are chemicals, such as Vitamin C, or Iron, that fit into an enzyme and make it work better.
_______________ is a biological catalyst that can __________________________.
An enzyme is a biological catalyst that can speed up metabolic reactions in organisms.
True or False: Sucrose can easily pass through a human cell membrane.
False
If this chemical reaction requires an enzyme what would another name for reactants be?
The substrate or substrates.
What is an enzyme substrate complex?
The combination of the enzyme and the chemical that goes inside of it.
In the diagram what would be on the left side of the arrow?
Reactants or chemicals about to go through a chemical reaction.
In biochemistry a substrate is _______________.
the chemical, or reactant, that goes into an enzyme.
In the diagram what is on the right side of the arrow?
Products or chemicals that are the result of a chemical reaction.
True or False: Lactose is a disaccharide sugar that can be oxidized by an enzyme called Sucrase.
False! Enzymes are substrate specific. Lactose will not fit into Sucrase. Only Sucrose is oxidized by Sucrase.
If the substrate is sucrose then the chemicals labeled A and B would be _________.
Fructose and Glucose
Anabolism is ____________.
the building of larger molecules by forming chemical bonds.
This chemical is a ____________.
Monosaccharide (simple sugar)