Unit 2: Molecules of Life
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Enzyme Paper Instructions: Alternative assignment for stuudents that were absent or didn't do the enzyme lab
Enzyme Paper
Type a 5-10 paged paper with standard margins in 12point font Times New Roman addressing the following:
Plagiarism will lead to an automatic zero!
Type a 5-10 paged paper with standard margins in 12point font Times New Roman addressing the following:
- what is an enzyme
- what class of organic molecules do enzymes belong to
- what are the 4 levels of protein structure and the types of chemical bonds responsible for them
- what is metabolism
- what is an enzymes role in metabolism
- what is the difference between catabolism and anabolism
- what is the difference between endothermic reactions and exothermic reactions
- what the connection between anabolism, catabolism, endothermic reactions, and exothermic reactions
- how do enzymes interact with substrates
- what is the active site and why is it important
- how do enzymes affect activation energy and time of chemical reactions
- how and why can temperature and pH affect enzyme activity
- Describe the role of the enzymes pepsin and trypsin in metabolism. Identify each as catabolic or anabolic
- Compare and contrast the optimal temperature and pH for the enzymes pepsin and trypsin.
Plagiarism will lead to an automatic zero!