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A catalyst (AKA enzyme, in biochemical reactions) bonds to reactants and lowers the activation energy required for the reaction to take place. (It makes it require less energy to happen.) After the reaction is finished, the enzyme unbinds and can be reused.
Catalysts are used to speed up biochemical reactions; for example, without enzymes, the food you ate a month ago wouldn't be digested and would still be sitting in your stomach today.
Enzymes can be denatured (lose their shape) by extreme heat or acid. If it is denatured then it cannot perform a biochemical reaction.
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Is a catalyst generally required in biochemical reactions?
yes
What acts as a catalyst in biochemical reactions?
Biochemical reactions are the reactions taking place in the Biological systems. The biological systems contains proteins whose one of the main functions is to catalyse the reactions. The proteins involved in such type of reactions are called as an enzyme. The enzymes catalyse the reactions by lowering the activation energy (energy required to attain the transition state) and helps in the conversion of substrate into the required product.
What is true about enzyme?
Enzymes lower the energy required for a chemical reaction.
Is used to lower the energy required to make a reaction take place It makes chemical reactions go faster without being consumed?
A catalyst
What is the term for a substance that speeds up chemical reactions but is not used up or permanently changed?
A catalyst speeds up reactions by lowering the activation energy required for the reaction to occur. The concentration of the catalyst does not change and it is neither part of the reactants nor products; it is an intermediate.
Is a catalyst generally required in biochemical reactions?
yes
What acts as a catalyst in biochemical reactions?
Biochemical reactions are the reactions taking place in the Biological systems. The biological systems contains proteins whose one of the main functions is to catalyse the reactions. The proteins involved in such type of reactions are called as an enzyme. The enzymes catalyse the reactions by lowering the activation energy (energy required to attain the transition state) and helps in the conversion of substrate into the required product.
A substance which helps a reaction to take place but that does not take an active part is a?
A substance which helps with chemical reactions, by making them possible at all, or reducing the effort required, is a catalyst.
What is true about enzyme?
Enzymes lower the energy required for a chemical reaction.
Is used to lower the energy required to make a reaction take place It makes chemical reactions go faster without being consumed?
A catalyst
How are enzyme able to speed up biochemical reaction?
by reducing the activation energy required to initiate the reaction
What type of protein acts as a catalyst for molecular reactions in the body by decreasing the activation energy required?
They are called Enzymes
What speeds up reactions?
A catalyst. It does do by decreasing the energy required for the reaction to take place (activation energy).
What is the term for a substance that speeds up chemical reactions but is not used up or permanently changed?
A catalyst speeds up reactions by lowering the activation energy required for the reaction to occur. The concentration of the catalyst does not change and it is neither part of the reactants nor products; it is an intermediate.
What is the function of enzymed?
Enzymes specifically and selectively speed up [and control] each and all of the tens of thousands of biochemical reactions that {simultaneously} take place in all Living Cells.i.e enzymes are specifically involved in maintaining the oxidation level of glucose that occur in our body and in the maintaining body temperature
What is a chemical substance that helps control reactions?
A catalyst is generic term used to influence rates of reaction. The catalyst lowers the activation energy required to start the reaction. In biology, catalysts are called enzymes.
Enzymes affects the reactions in living cells by changing the?
Enzymes act as catalysts. They speed up the reaction time.
