Across
- 1. Ending materials in a chemical reaction. and on the right side of the arrow. This is what is produced.
- 4. long-term energy storage; also helps to keep organisms warm
- 9. Compounds that contain carbon
- 11. specialized protein that catalyzes reactions; their names usually end in - ase
- 14. A starting material in a chemical reaction. It goes into a reaction.
- 15. Simple sugar; monomer of a carbohydrate
- 17. A storage polysaccharide in plants consisting entirely of glucose.
- 18. ribonucleic acid
- 19. Energy needed to get a reaction started
- 20. store and transmit hereditary/genetic information
- 23. main source of short term energy
- 25. An extensively branched glucose storage polysaccharide found in the liver and muscle of animals; the animal equivalent of starch.
- 26. Region of an enzyme into which a particular substrate fits.
- 27. monomers of lipids (fats)
- 28. A change in the shape of a protein (such as an enzyme) that can be caused by changes in temperature or pH (among other things).
Down
- 2. The temperature at which the rate of enzymatic activity will be at its peak.
- 3. A temporary complex formed when an enzyme binds to its substrate molecule(s).
- 5. - *the molecule upon which an enzyme acts, and joins the enzyme at the active site. Also called a reactant
- 6. builds and maintains cells
- 7. the process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances
- 8. large compound formed from combinations of many monomers
- 10. monomer of nucleic acids
- 12. model Enzymes are specific. The only work on the substrate that they "fit." Just like a lock has a specific key to open it.
- 13. A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.
- 16. monomer of protein
- 21. the building block of a macromolecule/polymer
- 22. Breaking down of molecules. Happens primarily in the stomach in animals.
- 24. a substance that causes or speeds up a chemical reaction