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Enzymes
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Learning Competencies:
• Describe the components of an enzyme.
• Explain oxidation/reduction reactions
• Determine how factors such as pH, temperature, and substrate affect
enzyme activity.
Competency Codes:
• STEM_BIO11/12-Ii-j-17
• STEM_BIO11/12-Ii-j-18
• STEM_BIO11/12-Ii-j-19
This toolkit will provide you explanations why these things occur. This
will guide you to understand more about oxidation/reduction reactions and
enzymes – their components and how pH, temperature, and substrate can
affect their activity.
After going through this learning toolkit, you are expected to:
1. identify characteristics and describe the components of enzymes;
2. illustrate and explain how enzymes work;
3. identify the components of a redox reaction; and
4. describe how factors such as pH, temperature, and substrate affect
enzyme activity.
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What is It
Lesson 1: Components of an Enzyme
You must know by now that the reason behind the burning and stingy
sensation when sweat enters your eyes is due to the dust and oils and an anti-
microbial enzyme fighting off germs called lysozymes.
Enzymes are vital for life and serve a wide range of important functions
in the body, such as aiding in fighting germs, digestion, and metabolism. Some
enzymes help break large molecules into smaller pieces that are easier to be
absorbed by the body. Other enzymes help bind two molecules together to
produce a new molecule.
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Enzymes are reusable. Enzymes are not reactants and are not used up
during the reaction. Once an enzyme binds to a substrate and catalyzes the
reaction, the enzyme is released, unchanged, and can be used for another
reaction. This means that for each reaction, there does not need to be a 1:1
ratio between enzyme and substrate molecules.
Enzyme Components
1. Apoenzyme:
• is an inactive enzyme, activation of the enzyme occurs upon
binding of an organic or inorganic cofactor.
• are enzymes that lack their necessary cofactor(s) for proper
functioning
• a Protein
2. Holoenzyme: (Fig.)
• are the active forms of apoenzymes. (Apoenzyme plus cofactor)
• DNA polymerase and RNA polymerase are examples.
3. Cofactor:
• mostly metal ions or small organic molecules, are inorganic and
organic chemicals that assist enzymes during the catalysis of
reactions.
• Nonprotein component (e.g. magnesium, zinc)
4. Coenzyme:
• are non-protein organic molecules that are mostly derivatives of
vitamins soluble in water by phosphorylation
• Organic cofactor (Eg: NADH, FADH)
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What’s More
WORKSHEET 1
Watch and listen carefully to the video of Quick Biochemistry Basics (2020)
entitled “Cofactors | Coenzymes | Holoenzyme | Apoenzyme” and be able
to recognize the components of enzyme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK5HzcAOmyA.
Guide Questions:
1. What are the components of an enzyme?
2. What makes them vital, and how each component contribute to the
function of an enzyme?
WORKSHEET 2
Watch and listen carefully to the video of RicochetScience (2015) entitled “How
Enzymes Work”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVeoXYJlBtI. The video
will explain the mechanism of an enzymatic activity. Using the graphic
organizer, relate what you will learn from the video and explain what is
happening from Numbers 1 - 5.
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1 2 3 5
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What I Can Do
1. Starchy food comprises an important part our diet. How does a human
body quickly hydrolyze starch into simple sugars?
3. Imagine if starch takes many years for our body to be hydrolyzed. What
do you think will happen?
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Assessment
True or False. Write T if the statement is true and F if the statement is false.
1. Substrate binds in the active site.
2. An enzyme is usually lipid biological catalyst.
3. The reactant molecule that an enzyme works on is the Substrate.
4. A Catalyst retards the chemical reaction without being changed
5. Coenzymes are non-protein organic molecules that are mostly
derivatives of vitamins.
6. Cofactors are small protein organic molecules that assist enzymes
during the catalysis of reactions.
7. DNA and RNA polymerases are examples of Holoenzyme.
8. Apoenzyme activation occurs upon binding of an organic or inorganic
coenzyme.
9. Enzymes are reactants and are used up during the reaction.
10. Once an enzyme binds to a substrate and catalyzes the reaction, the
enzyme is released, unchanged, and can be used for another reaction.
11. Some enzymes are more specific than others and will only accept one
particular substrate
12. Enzymes have a defined two-dimensional structure.
13. Enzyme‘s amino acid sequence are typically 10-500 amino acids long.
14. Transition state is the intermediate stage in the enzymatic mechanism.
15. Substrate molecule collides with the active site of its enzyme forms the
Enzyme Substrate complex.
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter
on a separate sheet of paper.
16. This is here the reaction is catalyzed in an enzyme.
a. Facilitated site c. Passive site
b. Active site d. Direct site
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What is It
Lesson 2: Oxidation – Reduction Reaction
An oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction is a type of chemical reaction
that involves a transfer of electrons between two species. An oxidation-
reduction reaction is any chemical reaction in which the oxidation number of a
molecule, atom, or ion changes by gaining or losing an electron. Redox
reactions are common and vital to some of the basic functions of life, including
photosynthesis, respiration, combustion, and corrosion or rusting.
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• Reduction reaction is a reaction of releasing (losing) of oxygen from an
oxide compound
CuO(s) + H2(g) → Cu(s) + H2O(g)
Fe2O3(s) + 3CO(g) → 2Fe(s) + 3CO2(g)
What is an oxidizing and reducing agent?
Oxidizing agent: a reagent which increases the oxidation number of an
element of a given substance. These reagents are called oxidants. It contains
the element that is reduced. Reducing agent: a reagent that lowers the
oxidation number of a given element. These reagents are also called
reductants. It contains the element that is oxidized.
What’s More
WORKSHEET 1
Watch and listen carefully to the video of Tyler DeWitt (2015) entitled
“Introduction to Oxidation Reduction (Redox) Reactions”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rtJdjas-mY
Guide Questions:
1. What causes redox reaction to occur?
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What I Can Do
What is the significance of oxidation - reduction reaction to our daily life?
Assessment
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter
on a separate sheet of paper.
1. A substance consumed in the course of a chemical reaction.
a. Reactant c. Reductant
b. Reagent d. Oxidant
2. Substance added to test if a reaction occurs.
a. Reactant c. Reductant
b. Reagent d. Oxidant
3. It is the element that is oxidized in a redox reaction.
a. Reactant c. Reductant
b. Reagent d. Oxidant
4. Contains the element that is reduced.
a. Reactant c. Reductant
b. Reagent d. Oxidant
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What is It
Lesson 3: Factors Affecting Enzymatic Activity
Enzyme activity can be affected by a variety of factors, such as
temperature, pH, concentrations and inhibitors. Enzymes work best within
specific temperature and pH ranges, and sub-optimal conditions can cause an
enzyme to lose its ability to bind to a substrate.
A. Temperature:
Raising temperature generally
speeds up a reaction, and lowering
temperature slows down a
reaction. However, extreme high
temperatures can cause an
enzyme to lose its shape
(denature) and stop working. Most
enzymes have an optimum
temperature, near normal body
temperature at which they catalyze
a reaction most rapidly.
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C. Substrate concentration:
Increasing substrate concentration also
increases the rate of reaction to a
certain point. Once all the enzymes
have bound, any substrate increase will
have no effect on the rate of reaction, as
the available enzymes will be saturated
and working at their maximum rate. At
the saturation point, the reaction will not
speed up, no matter how much
additional substrate is added. The graph
of the reaction rate will plateau.
D. Enzyme concentration:
Increasing enzyme concentration
will speed up the reaction, as long
as there is substrate available to
bind to. Once all of the substrate is
bound, the reaction will no longer
speed up, since there will be
nothing for additional enzymes to
bind to. The higher the
concentration of an enzyme the
greater should be the initial
reaction rate. This will last as long
as substrate present
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What’s More
WORKSHEET 1
Match Column A with Column B. Column A shows the icons of the Factors
Affecting Enzyme Activities, while Column B includes the different description
of the enzymatic activity.
Column A Column B
WORKSHEET 2
Watch and listen carefully to the videos of Cognito (2018):
A. “GCSE Biology - How Enzymes Work #11”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNX9UQ08fZ4
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What I Can Do
Choose one (1) factor that greatly affects your life as a student during this time
of pandemic. How is it affecting you?
Assessment
I. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen
letter on a separate sheet of paper.
1. All the statements are not true to the substrate concentration, EXCEPT:
a. This factor at an optimum level, near neutral, causes enzymes to
catalyze a reaction most rapidly.
b. Changing this factor outside the enzyme‘s optimum range will
slow enzyme activity.
c. At the saturation point, the reaction will not speed up, no matter
how much of this factor is added.
d. Increasing this factor can cause an enzyme to lose its shape
(denature) and stop working.
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a. Feedback inhibition
b. Noncompetitive inhibitors.
c. Competitive inhibitor.
d. Substrate Concentration
II. Complete the Table. How the following factors affect the action of an
enzyme?
Effect on reaction rate if Effect on reaction rate if
Factor
factor is reduced/ decreased factor is raised/ increased
Enzyme
concentration
Substrate
concentration
Temperature
pH
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Answer Key
LESSON 1
Worksheet 2
4. Product is released.
5. Enzyme returns to its original state, free to react with another substrate.
Assessment
1. T 11. T
2. F 12. F
3. T 13. F
4. F 14. T
5. T 15. T
6. F 16. b
7. T 17. a
8. F 18. c
9. F 19. a
10. T 20. b
LESSON 2
Assessment
1. b 6. c
2. a 7. a
3. c 8. b
4. d 9. Al
5. b 10. Fe
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LESSON 3
Worksheet 1
1. B, F
2. A, C
3. E, H
4. D, G
Assessment
1. D
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. A
References
See Tho Weng Fong. (1995). Science for Secondary Schools. Singapore:
Longman Singapore Publishers
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