CHAPTER 6
ENZYMES
Concept Outline
- Enzymes
- Historical Background
- Chemical Nature of Enzymes
- Characteristics of Enzymes
- Enzymes are Highly Specific
- Proteolytic Enzymes
- Regulation of Enzymes
- Thermo Stability – Heat Sensitivity
- Active Site
- Enzyme Kinetics of Single Substrate Reactions
- Enzyme Inhibition
- Examples of Inhibition
- Regulation of Enzyme Activity
- Modifiers of Enzyme Activity
- Enzyme Activators
- Metal-Activated Enzymes and Metalloenzymes
- Coenzymes
- Nomenclature and Classification
ENZYMES
Enzymes are biocatalysts defined as a substance that increases the velocity or rate of chemical reaction without itself undergoing any change in the overall process. Refer the example as detailed in the structure given below:
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
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