Biochemistry
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Essay Questions: Enzymes can be described as biological catalysts that regulate the rate of chemical reactions involved in biological processes. Different types of chemical reactions are catalysed by different classes of enzyme.
Using a variety of examples, describe and discuss some of the chemical reactions that enzymes facilitate in photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
In your introductory paragraph(s) you might give a brief overview of what an enzyme is.
What type of molecules are enzymes? Where are they found? How do they work? What are their limitations?
The main focus on this essay should be about the chemical reactions.
Identify different types of chemical reactions e.g., oxidation, reduction, addition, substitution, phosphorylation etc. and relate these to the specific enzymes, and classes of enzymes, that catalyse these reactions in cells.
