What Are The Characteristics of Enzymes and The Structure of Enzymes?What are enzymes?
They are highly specific, energized protein molecules made up of amino acids. The function of enzymes: They are organic, biological catalysts that start, promote and speed up biochemical reactions. The specialized molecules have active sites that are receptors for specific substrates. They are generally named for the substrate they act upon and end in the suffix ase. For example, lactase works on the substrate lactose – a milk sugar, and lipase breaks the molecular bonds of lipid (fat) substrates.
