ENZYMES

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  1. 1. a tropical fruit shaped like an elongated melon, with edible orange flesh and small black seeds.
  2. 5. Mixture is an aqueous solution consisting of a mixture of a weak acid and its conjugate base, or vice versa.
  3. 7. an enzyme present in pineapple
  4. 8. an enzyme that breaks down proteins and peptides.
  5. 10. an edible bulb with a pungent taste and smell, composed of several concentric layers, used in cooking.
  6. 11. a water-soluble cleansing agent that combines with impurities and dirt to make them more soluble and differs from soap in not forming a scum with the salts in hard water.
  7. 13. is used for gene amplification or making multiple copies of DNA
  8. 14. are used to contain disrupted cells from which DNA is to be obtained
  9. 16. a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
  10. 19. an enzyme, found chiefly in saliva and pancreatic fluid, that converts starch and glycogen into simple sugars.
  11. 20. a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change.
  12. 22. these are specific and reusable
  13. 23. any chemical compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, with all or part of the hydrogen of the acid replaced by a metal or other cation
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  1. 2. Energy the amount of energy needed for a chemical reaction to take place
  2. 3. a virtually colorless and tasteless water-soluble protein prepared from collagen and used in food preparation as the basis of jellies, in photographic processes, and in glue.
  3. 4. Sites regions on surfaces of enzymes that fit the substrate
  4. 6. this thing separates onion cells from each other
  5. 8. a large juicy tropical fruit consisting of aromatic edible yellow flesh surrounded by a tough segmented skin and topped with a tuft of stiff leaves.
  6. 9. shows luminuos bands of genes or DNA fragments isolated by electrophoresis which will tell the locationof the isolated genes.
  7. 12. substance formed from the substrate at the end of the chemical reaction with an enzyme
  8. 15. substance that an enzyme acts upon
  9. 16. the main structural protein found in skin and other connective tissues, widely used in purified form for cosmetic surgical treatments.
  10. 17. any organic compound whose molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups attached to a carbon atom.
  11. 18. an enzyme present in papaya
  12. 21. the disintegration of a cell by rupture of the cell wall or membrane