Answer:
catalyze chemical reactions
Explanation:
An enzyme is a proteinous substance that acts as biological catalysts and increases the rate of biochemical reactions in the body. Enzymes are specific in nature which is as a result of the structure/shape of its building block (amino acid).
Enzymes speedens the rate of a chemical reaction in living systems, which would normally not occur or occur at a much slower rate, without the presence of an enzyme. Enzymes acts on the reactants called Substrates by binding to them to form products but they are not used up in the reaction. Hence, enzymes are not reactants.
Answer:
Small intestine, liver, bile and lipase.
Explanation:
Digestion of fat occurs in the small intestine. Its digestion occurs with the help of bile, that is made in the liver. Bile breaks the fat into small drops that are easier for the lipase enzymes to change it. Lipase enzymes is a type of enzymes that works only on lipids and lipids are broken down into fatty acids and glycerol. These substances are absorbed by our body and used it for producing ATP for the body.
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First question:
In the presence of an enzyme, the course of the reaction is shown by the
red curve. The necessary energy to make a reaction occur is less when there is an enzyme to help the reaction happen. Enzymes work as catalysts that act over substrates converting them into different molecules in a much accelerated way then it would happen without the enzyme's help, if it would happen at all.
Second question:
The activation energy is represented by
line B. The activation energy is the energy needed to be available for a reaction to happen. If we compare it with line A, which represents the activation energy necessary for a reaction without an enzyme, we can see how much less energy is necessary to dispend when an enzyme is part of the reaction. Line C represents the energy resultant from the reaction.