Enzyme Crossword

3. The reactant enzymes act on
6. The result of two reactants
7. "Children have larger thyroid glands than adults, which is why they have a higher ________"
8. Molecules bind with active sites of an enzyme, which results in a change in the site
10. Our body cannot produce these catalysts, but we need them in our diet. They come in varieties of the alphabet.
12. Without ________, insufficient metabolism will occur in body cells
14. A molecule that is a necessary participant in some enzyme reactions
16. the amount of power acquired that will initiate chemical reactions

1. A chemical reaction which changes a molecule's shape, thus impairing its functions
2. Located by your trachea, it is a structure which secretes hormones necessary for metabolism to occur
4. A substance which enters the active site of the substrate it mimics and reduces the activity of the enzyme
5. The part of the catalyst where chemical reactions occur
9. The enzyme's active site changes in shape so that substrates can bind more easily; change is caused by the entry of the substrate
11. An analogy which describes how each enzyme has a specific shape complimentary to the active site where substrate molecules bind
13. The protein part of a catalyst that give them their specificity
15. The protein that acts as a catalyst and reduces the amount of energy needed in a chemical reaction