Chapter Three Crossword
Across
- 4. An enzyme's active site has a very specific shape that allows a specific molecule to fit.
- 9. The inhibitor binds to the enzyme's active site.
- 13. The inhibitor does not permanently stop the enzyme from functioning.
- 15. What is left after the enzyme and substrate bind.
- 16. The substance on which the enzyme acts.
- 18. Protein molecules that act as biological catalysts.
- 20. Operating outside the cell.
Down
- 1. Operating within the cell.
- 2. A region on an enzyme that binds to a protein or substrate.
- 3. A measure of acidity in a substance.
- 5. The intermediate formed when a substrate interacts with the active site of an enzyme.
- 6. The minimum energy required to allow a chemical reaction.
- 7. To alter the structure a protein by breaking the bonds.
- 8. A substance which prevents an enzyme from functioning in a normal manner.
- 10. To prevent an enzyme from functioning in a normal manner.
- 11. A process that uses the conditions of one component to regulate the activity of another.
- 12. The reaction product inhibits the enzyme's activity.
- 14. An enzyme that is attached to a inert, insoluble subtance.
- 17. The maximum rate of reaction when the enzyme is saturated with substrate.
- 19. The number of chemical conversations of the substrate molecules per second at a catalytic site.