What is the role of enzymes in cellular reactions?
The role of an Enzyme is to catalyse a reaction. Another definition of an Enzyme is to lower the activation energy for a reaction. Enzymes are Biological Catalysts, meaning that they are catalysts which our bodies produce naturally. Basically, what an enzyme does is speeds up reactions, weather these reactions be breaking down a substance, or combining a substance together, it will make the reaction start and end quickly. For example, if you got a tree and set it on fire, it might take an hour to burn down. Then, if you used a catalyst, in this case, we’ll say petrol, it will speed up the burning of the tree, and it will burn in maybe 20 minutes. Make sense?
