Enzymes

Learning objectives:
•Understand the role of enzymes
 Enzymes
Task: Question these answers…

1. What are enzymes?

•Answer 1: They are biological catalysts.

2. What is a catalyst?
• Answer 2: It is a chemical which speeds up a reaction without being used up
itself. Enzymes are catalysts, which means they can be reused repeatedly and are
therefore effective in small amounts.
3. What temperature do enzymes work best at (optimum
temperature) in the human body?
• Answer 3: They work best at 37oC (relatively low in terms of chemical reactions).

4. What would happen if enzymes didn’t exist?

• Answer 4: Chemical reactions in the body would occur too slowly to sustain life
as we know it.
Biological catalyst

Enzymes are biological catalysts.

Task: Explain why they are biological

They are biological since they are produced by living cells.

Task: Explain why they are catalysts

They are catalysts since they increase the rate of a reaction

without undergoing permanent change. This means enzymes
can be reused repeatedly and are therefore effective in small
amounts.
 Enzymes
Task: Unscramble and define the following key words related
to enzymes.

How are they related to enzymes?

• notripe
• vatice ties
• busttares
• zenemy-busttares clempox
• turdcop
 Enzymes

• Protein: enzymes are large protein molecules.

• vatice ties
• busttares
• zenemy-busttares clempox
• turdcop
 Enzymes

• Protein: enzymes are large protein molecules.

• Active site: a specific area of enzyme that is
shaped to allow other molecules to fit into it to
undergo reaction. Most vital part of enzyme
function.
• busttares
• zenemy-busttares clempox
• turdcop
 Enzymes

• Protein: enzymes are large protein molecules.

• Active site: a specific area of enzyme that is
shaped to allow other molecules to fit into it to
undergo reaction. Most vital part of enzyme
function.
• Substrate: the molecule that fits into the active
site to undergo reaction.
• zenemy-busttares clempox
• turdcop
 Enzymes

• Protein: enzymes are large protein molecules.

• Active site: a specific area of enzyme that is
shaped to allow other molecules to fit into it to
undergo reaction. Most vital part of enzyme
function.
• Substrate: the molecule that fits into the active
site to undergo reaction.
• Enzyme-substrate complex: the structure
formed when the substrate and enzyme bind
together for the reaction
• turdcop
 Enzymes

• Protein: enzymes are large protein molecules.

• Active site: a specific area of enzyme that is
shaped to allow other molecules to fit into it to
undergo reaction. Most vital part of enzyme
function.
• Substrate: the molecule that fits into the active
site to undergo reaction.
• Enzyme-substrate complex: the structure
formed when the substrate and enzyme bind
together for the reaction
• Product: what is formed after the reaction.
 Enzymes
• Protein: enzymes are large protein molecules.
• Active site: a specific area of enzyme that is shaped to allow
other molecules to fit into it to undergo reaction. Most vital
part of enzyme function.
• Substrate: the molecule that fits into the active site to
undergo reaction.
• Enzyme-substrate complex: the structure formed when the
substrate and enzyme bind together for the reaction
• Product: what is formed after the reaction.
Enzymes: function https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=smtCH5HX44o

Lock & key model

The shape of the substrate (key) exactly fits the active site of
the enzyme (lock). They have shapes that are complementary
to each other.
Lock and key model

substrate product

Enzyme enzyme–substrate
(maltase) complex
Enzymes: function

Task: Make a model of this enzyme process.

 Task:
Enzymes: models a)Identify the representations in this
model
b)Evaluate this model
 Task:
Enzymes: models a)Identify the representations in this
model
b)Evaluate this model
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Learning objectives:
•Understand the role of enzymes