Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Biochemistry Study Guide


  1. Macromolecule
  • Carbohydrate
  • Proteins
  • Lipids
  • Nucleic Acid
2. monomer - one unit of a macromolecule; polymer - many repeating units of a monomer
3. reactants are the starting compounds of a chemical reactions; the products are the compounds made by the chemical reactions
4. proteins
5. 75 atoms
6. 65 atoms
7. Enzymes 
8. Positive
9. Active site of the enzyme changes shape (denaturized) and can no longer bind with the substrate.
10. a. Substrate - Hydrogen Peroxide
      b. Catalyst - Catalase
      c. Reactants - Hydrogen Peroxide
      d. Products - Water and Oxygen Gas