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5-enzymes - Coggle Diagram
5-enzymes
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how enzymes work
each enzyme molecule has a specific shape with a particular dent, which is called the "active site"
to activate the enzyme, it and its substrate need to fit perfectly, so they need to be complementary to one another
once this process is over, the substrate is changed into the "product"
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denaturation
to work perfectly, an enzyme requires an optimum temperature and pH; however, it can also work at different temperatures
when an enzyme is put in an environment whose temperature is well above its optimum temperature and whose pH is different from its optimum one, the enzyme begins to lose its shape until the enzyme-substrate complex can no longer take place
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