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Enzymes Webquest
What are enzymes?
What are enzymes made of?
How are enzymes made?
Where are enzymes made (specific organelle in the cell)?
What is the active site of an enzyme?
Where are enzymes located (specific organelle in a cell)?
What do enzymes do in a biological system?
What is a chemical reaction?
What is a catalyst?
How do enzymes impact chemical reactions
What is their impact on energy transfer and metabolism within a biological system?
What is activation energy?
What are the two broad kinds of chemical reactions?
How do enzymes impact the production and consumption of energy in a biological
system?
What are the effects of environmental conditions on enzymatic activity?
What are the effects of the pH on enzymatic activity?
What are the effects of temperature on enzymatic activity?
Specifically and at the molecular level, how to enzymes work?
Define: induced fit
Describe an enzymatic reaction - in its entirety - at the molecular level - include the
substrate, the enzyme/substrate complex, and the product(s).
How are enzymes regulated by an organism, and what functions would this play?
Define the following and state how each regulates enzymatic activity:
1.
2.
3.
cofactors
coenzyme
competitive inhibition
4.
5.
6.
7.
non-competitive inhibition
allosteric inhibition/activation
feedback inhibition
cooperativity
Why are enzymes so important to the biological world?
How do enzymes impact the functioning of organisms and cells?
Websites:
http://www.maxanim.com/biochemistry/How%20Enzymes%20Work/How%20
Enzymes%20Work.htm
http://tutor.lscf.ucsb.edu/instdev/sears/biochemistry/tw-enz/tabs-enzymesframes.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymes
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookEnzym.html
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/problem_sets/energy_enzymes_c
atalysis/14t.html
http://home.earthlink.net/~payne891/Proteins_NucAcids_Webquest.htm
Use the above site to answer the questions.
What are proteins made up of?
Click on the weight-lifter. and list three things that proteins can do.
Click on the words "protein structure."
How many amino acids are there?
What are enzymes?
Click "play," and watch the animation.
Does the enzymes get "used up" after in performs its task?
http://express.howstuffworks.com/web-quest-exercise.htm