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Energy |
Capacity to do work |
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Metabolism |
Sum of all chemical rxns in the body |
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Collision theory |
Molecules must collide with enough force in the correct orientation for a rxn to occur |
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Activation energy |
The amount of energy required to start a chemical rxn |
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Induced fit model |
Enzymes are flexible structures that conform around a recognizable substrate; opposite the Lock and Key model |
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Competitive inhibitors |
Molecules that actively compete for the enzymes active site |
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Non-Competitive inhibitors |
Bind elsewhere on the enzyme, rendering it inert |
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Denature |
Render inactive |
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Saturation |
All enzymes are bound and engaged in the rxn; max. Speed has been reached. |
