Multiple Choice
How does a change in the structure of an enzyme affect its function?
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7. Energy and Metabolism
Enzymes
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Why is the environment important for enzyme activity?
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It allows the enzyme to produce more substrates.
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It changes the enzyme's primary structure.
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It affects the enzyme's ability to catalyze reactions.
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It determines the enzyme's substrate specificity.
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Understand that enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions without being consumed in the process.
Recognize that enzymes have an active site where substrates bind, and this site is highly specific to the substrate's shape and chemical properties.
Learn that the environment, including factors like temperature, pH, and concentration of substrates, can affect the enzyme's structure and function.
Explore how changes in the environment can alter the enzyme's tertiary structure, potentially affecting its ability to bind substrates and catalyze reactions effectively.
Consider how environmental conditions can influence enzyme activity by affecting substrate specificity, which is the ability of an enzyme to select and bind specific substrates.
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