Diaresco, Jason Patrick R.

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Enzyme:

1. An enzyme is a biological catalyst and is almost always a protein. It speeds up

the rate of a specific chemical reaction in the cell. The enzyme is not destroyed
during the reaction and is used over and over.

2. Enzymes are classified into six categories according to the type of reaction
catalyzed: Oxidoreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, ligases, and
isomerases.

3. Enzymes are proteins that help speed up metabolism, or the chemical reactions

in our bodies. They build some substances and break others down. All living
things have enzymes.