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Enzymes
Our guiding question:
• How do chemical bonds get
made and broken in a cell?
Questions-notes on enzymes
List the 4 properties of enzymes based on your
answers to the following questions:
1. What is the difference in a reaction with or without an
enzyme?
2. Can an enzyme help only one reaction? Explain why-why
not.
3. Can an enzyme be used repeatedly in a reaction? Explain
why-why not.
4. Explain what happens to an enzyme when it is heated or
placed in an extreme pH (pH is a measure of acid or alkali)?
Enzymes: An animated tutorial
Follow the interactive animations at the
following website to answer the questions
about enzyme properties.
Enzyme tutorial
4 Properties of Enzymes
1) Enzymes speed up the rate of chemical
reactions
2) Enzymes are specific to one type of
chemical reaction
The ACTIVE SITE of the enzyme “fits” only the
chemical(s) that the enzyme works on
(substrate).
3) Enzymes are NOT changed or used up
in the chemical reaction
Only small amounts are needed since they are
recycled and reused
4) Enzyme shape is changed (stop working
because of shape change) when they
are heated or placed in acid (denatured).
Protein Links
Proteins are the body's worker molecules
http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/structlife/chapter1.html
Explore some proteins (and other molecules) in 3D
http://www.umass.edu/molvis/bme3d/materials/explore.html
Protein and Enzyme Animations
1. Animation of what happens to the protein in egg white when it is cooked
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/nonmajorsbiology/proteinstructure.html
2. Animation of the role of enzymes along a biochemical pathway.
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072437316/student_view0/chapter8/animations.html#
click on “A Biochemical Pathway”
3. Another animation of enzyme action
http://www.hillstrath.on.ca/moffatt/bio3a/digestive/enzanim.htm
4. A good description [with animations] of the properties of enzymes.
http://www.lpscience.fatcow.com/jwanamaker/animations/Enzyme%20activity.html
An explanation of primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure in proteins
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/flashanimat/proteins/protein structure.swf
Now……..
What is a PROTEIN?
2 Types of Proteins
1) Structural – proteins that form physical
parts:
Examples –
-keratin (hair and nails)
-actin (muscle)
-microtubules (cell membrane skeletons).
-Collagen (skin)
2) Functional – Proteins that have an activity:
Examples-Signaling – e.g. some hormones are proteins
-Defense – antibodies that recognize foreign
invaders
-Transport – Carrier proteins (e.g. hemoglobin
carries O2)
-Enzymes – used for chemical reactions (e.g.
lactase hydrolyses lactose)
Protein Shape Determines its
Function
Example - Fibrous proteins are long and thin, and are
used for structure [e.g. collagen]
Example - Enzymes also have a specific shape to
recognize a specific substrate [vocabulary] [e.g.
lactase]