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| compounds that speed up a chemical reaction without being used up or altered in the reaction |
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| The material with which the catalyst reacts is modified during the reacton to form a new product. |
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| Where an enzymes will bind with the substrate forming the enzyme-substrate complex. |
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| Chemicals that must bind for the enzyme to be active |
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| are nonprotein substances that usually bind to the actuve site on the enzyme and are essential for the enzyme to work |
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| Chemicals that shut off enzyme activityare called inhibitors. Their actions can be classified as competitive or noncompetitive inhibitors. |
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| A phenlic compound found in plant cells. Catechol is converted to benzoquinone, a pigment product. |
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| PTu is know to combine with the copper in catechol ocidase and inhitit its eczymatic activity |
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| takes place when a molecule that is structurally similar to the substrate for a particular reaction competes for a position at the active site on an enzyme |
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| Noncompetitive inhibition |
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| the inhibitor binds to a site that is not the active site. |
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| is found in the saliva of many animals, including humasm that utilize starch as a source of food |
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| The principal reserve carbohydrate stores in plants, is a polysaccharide composed of a large number of glucose monomers joined together. |
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| a quantitative measurement of reaction rate. |
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