Across
- 2. In human saliva, breaks down starch
- 5. Energy needed to start a reaction
- 6. Substrates undergo chemical changes to form new substances called
- 8. Enzymes act as these because they are not changed during a reaction
- 10. The biological molecule that the enzyme will work on
- 12. How fast our bodies can break stuff down
- 13. A measure of how acidic/basic water is
- 15. A pH rating of 1-6.99
- 18. A pH rating of 7
- 20. Breaks down wase H202 made by cells
- 24. Builds monomers into polymers
- 25. Enzymes control this aspect of chemical reactions
Down
- 1. Adding substrates to an enzyme
- 3. Like poisons can block active sites
- 4. This is added to an enzyme to turn the substrates into products
- 7. What activities enzymes activate
- 9. Factors that affect enzymes
- 11. The unfolding of an enzyme so its shape changes and it no longer works
- 14. Where the substrate temporarily fits into during metabolic reactions
- 16. A pH rating of 7.01-14
- 17. Helps explain the enzyme function, substrate fits into an enzyme like a lock and key
- 19. Removing substrates from an enzyme
- 21. The name of an enzyme typically ends in what three letters
- 22. Proteins made of amino acids required by all chemical processes in organisms
- 23. What is the pH of water
