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Discuss about enzymes and their properties

Answer 1

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Enzymes are organic chemicals that change the date of chemical reactions.

Enzymes generally have the following properties :

Answer 2

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First of all, what are Enzymes ?

Ans - In general terms, "Enzymes" can be defined as the largest and the most specialized class of protein based molecules.

Some important properties of enzymes are as follows :-

• Enzymes remain unaltered upto the end of chemical reactions. So, they can be used again and again in Chemical reactions.

• Enzymes accelerate chemical reactions, but are not consumed or changed during the course of reaction.

• Enzymes get activated in small quantities in Chemical reactions.

• An enzyme holds the capability to only alter the rate of reaction, not the direction of equilibrium.

• Majority of the enzymes are highly specific i.e. an enzyme will catalyse only one particular chemical reaction.

• A number of enzymes are required to be used in sequence to convert one substance into several other substances via a "Metabolic Pathway".

• At high temperature levels (above 60°C), most of the enzymes sport a high chance of getting destroyed or denatured rapidly.