CHEM120 Exam 3 Latest Updated 2025 With Complete Solutions
✓ Enzyme: biological catalyst. The biomolecule is protein based and
catalyze a single reaction or a small group of related reactions.
✓ Active Site: The part of an enzyme or antibody where the reaction
occurs.
✓ Substrate: This molecule that an enzyme acts on. The shape of the
active site allows the substrate to fit like a key.
✓ enzyme-substrate complex: Temporary combination of enzyme
and substrate before the products are released.
,✓ Densture: Through stirring, heating, addition of a strong acid, or
being placed into a nonpolar solvent, this term refers to a protein
crosslinking into a form where it can no longer function.
✓ Enzyme Inhibition: The process of deactivation an enzyme. Can be
competitive or non competitive.
✓ Coenzyme: A complex biomolecule an enzyme needs to function
✓ cofactor: Any additional component an enzyme needs to function.
Can be a coenzyme but could also be a metal such as iron in
haemoglobin.
✓ Nucleotide: Made of a sugar, Phosphate, and a nitrogenous base.
These link together to form nucleic acid.
✓ DNA: A nuclear acid found in the nucleus responsible for holding the
genetic code of life. Contains the base G, C, A, and T. Double helix
structure.
, ✓ RNA: A class of nucleic acids containing G, C, A, and U. Single strand
Structure.
✓ Nucleic Acid: One of the four major types of biological
macromolecule. Made of nucleotides, this class of molecules is
focused on the storage of genetic information and the process of
gene expression.
✓ Cadon: Set of three bases that code for a specific amino acid during
gene expression.
✓ Transcription: the process where an mRNA strand is synthesized
based on the templet strand of DNA molecule. An important step in
gene expression.
✓ Translation: The process where mRNA strand is decoded at a
ribosome to build a polypeptide sequence. tRNA is also involved in
this step.