Enzymes and Energy

2. The entirety of an organism’s chemical reactions.
4. Reaction type requiring energy input to proceed, often non-spontaneous
6. Energy measurement, equivalent to the energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C.
7. The primary energy currency of the cell, providing energy for various biological processes.
9. Biological catalyst.
11. Process where proteins lose their native conformation due to external factors.
12. Polymer of amino acids
13. Pathway that deconstructs complex molecules, often coupled with energy release in the form of ATP.
16. Describes a spontaneous reaction where the free energy of the system decreases.

1. The molecule upon which an enzyme acts.
3. Threshold that reactants must surpass for a chemical reaction to occur.
5. Organic molecule required by certain enzymes for catalytic function.
8. Form of energy dependent on an object's position, composition, or configuration.
10. Molecule that decreases enzyme activity by binding to its active site or allosteric site.
14. Metabolic pathway responsible for synthesizing complex molecules from simpler ones.
15. Specific enzyme region where substrates bind.