Showing posts with label activation energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label activation energy. Show all posts

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Enzymes

Enzymes are biological catalyst.
This means it has lower activation energy when it performs a chemical reation.

Factors that affect enzymes:
- Substrate Concentration: the more substate, the more collisions
- Temperature: The higher the temperature, the more collisions.  To high causes denature.
- pH: all enzymes have their own optimum pH level

Coenzymes:
Coenzymes are non-protein molecules.  They help perform reactions by carrying chemcial groups or electrons.