Enzymes are proteins that serve as catalysts. They speed up or slow down reactions while remaining unchanged.
Three basic functions:
- increase the rate of reaction
- act specifically with only on reactant also called substrate to produce products
- regulates from a state of low activity to high and vice versa
(http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/570enzymes.html)
Lipases (enzymes acting on lipids)
fats/oils (+ water) _Lipases(enzyme)______ fatty acids + glycerol
(http://www.biotopics.co.uk/other/morinf.html)
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