Question 1:
What do you mean by the term metabolism?
Question 2:
Enzymes are necessary for metabolism. Describe why this statement is correct.
Question 3:
In each of the given cases state whether the method is anabolic or catabolic.
a) Protein synthesis.
b) Conversion of ADP to ATP.
c) Reactions in which product molecules are bigger than the substrate molecules.
Question 4:
State one of the manner by which an enzyme might be denatured.
Question 5:
Give two features of the denatured enzyme.
Question 6:
Apart from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, there is one other element always present in the building blocks of enzymes. Name that element and also describe its characteristics.