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A Level Biology: Enzymes

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Specifically for OCR (A) A Level Biology, Chapter 4: Enzymes, notes, but can be used and applied to all exam boards.

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CHAPTER 4
Enzymes

,What this chapter consists of :

,What is an enzyme?
◦ Are biological catalysts which speed up the rate of
reaction and lower the activation energy without being
used up


◦ They are proteins – (globular proteins) chap3!!

, Mechanism of enzymes

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  1. 01 CHAPTER 4 1
    1. What is an enzyme? 3
    2. Mechanism of enzymes 4
    3. Active site is the area of the enzyme where the substrate binds 5
    4. Enzymes are specific to substrates they bind to 5
    5. Two types of enzymes 13
    6. Extracellular 13
    7. Intracellular 13
    8. FACTORS AFFECTING ENZYMES 16
    9. How does an enzyme substrate reaction happen? 17
    10. TEMPERATURE 18
    11. High temperature 19
    12. SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION 26
    13. ENZYME CONCENTRATION 27
    14. END PRODUCT INHIBITOR 47

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