AICE Bio Chapter 3 Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. The inhibitor binds to the enzyme's active site and prevents the substrate from binding, stops the reaction from happening.
- 6. The maximum rate of reaction when the enzyme is saturated with substrate.
- 8. The intermediate formed when a substrate interacts with the active site of an enzyme.
- 9. To alter the structure of a protein by breaking bonds.
- 10. The number of chemical conversions of the substrate molecules per second at a catalytic site for a given enzyme concentration.
- 12. Instantaneous rate of reaction at the start and first few seconds of the reaction.
- 13. The substance on which an enzyme acts.
- 15. Operating outside of the cell.
- 16. The reaction product inhibits the enzyme activity.
- 17. Operating within the cell.
- 19. A region on an enzyme that binds to a protein or other substance during a reaction.
- 20. Something which prevents an enzyme from working in the normal manner.
Down
- 1. An enzyme that is attached to an inert, insoluble substance. Can provide increased resistance to changes in conditions.
- 2. The concentration of substrate required to reach 1/2 Vmax. It is a reflection of the affinity of an enzyme for its substrate.
- 3. A molecule which speeds up a chemical reaction.
- 5. What is left after the enzyme binds with the substrate.
- 7. The minimum energy required to allow a certain chemical reaction to occur.
- 11. A process that uses the conditions of one component to regulate the function of the other. It is done to either increase or dampen the change in the system.
- 14. The binding of a substrate or some other molecule to an enzyme causes a change in the shape of the enzyme so as to enhance or inhibit its activity.
- 18. The active site of an enzyme has a specific shape that only allows a specific substrate molecule to fit.