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  1. the energy required to initiate an endergonic reaction
    activation energy
  2. the area where an enzyme bonds to the substrate
    active site
  3. a metabolic process concerned with the storage of energy synthesizing the molecules
    anabolic
  4. enzymes that catalyze metabolic processes
    anabolic enzymes
  5. the molecule that provides energy for the cell atp is used to fill the endergonic reactions of life
    atp
  6. enzymes that are both anabolic and catabolic for the same reaction
    bidirectional enzymes
  7. enzymes that catalyze catabolic reactions
    catabolic enzymes
  8. an enzymes property of speeding up an endergonic reaction
    catalytic
  9. the potential energy that exists in the bonds of molecules
    chemical energy
  10. work preformed by chemical reactions
    chemical work
  11. organic molecules that enzymes need to function properly
    coenzymes
  12. inorganic enzymes that molecules need to function properly
    cofactors
  13. a chemical reaction which absorbs more energy than what is released
    endergonic reactions
  14. the ability that an enzyme is able to capture energy released from another enzyme to fuel the endergonic reaction
    energy coupling
  15. a measure of disorder or randomness in a system
    entropy
  16. large energy coupling proteins that lower the activation energy of endergonic reactions
    enzymes
  17. a chemical reaction that releases more energy than what is absorbed
    exergonic reaction
  18. the way in which reaction catalyze by enzyme are regulated
    feedback inhibition
  19. the concept that energy is not created nor destroyed
    the first law of thermodynamics
  20. the amount of energy available to preform work in a system
    free energy
  21. the theory on how enzymes function
    induced fit theory
  22. the energy of motion
    kinetic energy
  23. an hypothesis talking about an enzyme
    lock and key
  24. energy which is transferred from one object to another
    mechanical enrgy
  25. mechanical work
    work that is done which takes transferred energy from one object to another
  26. stored energy; the ability to work
    potential energy
  27. the concept that both chemical reactions and systems favor the creation of more disorder or randomness
    second law of thermodynamics
  28. the molecule which an enzyme binds to
    substrate
  29. a set of concentrated components that function to transfer energy
    system
  30. the study of energy transformation in nature
    thermodynamics
  31. the work a cell performs when moving substance and molecules within the cell
    transport work
  32. What is energy
    it is the ability to do work
  33. what are anabolic processes concerned with`
    they are concerned with the storage of energy
  34. what are catabolic processes concerned with
    they concerned with the release of energy
  35. what is potential energy
    it is the ability to do work, it is the energy positions
  36. what is kinetic energy
    it is the energy of motion, or active energy, it is work being done
  37. what is chemical energy
    it is any type of gas becoming flammable like propane for example on a grill or fire place
  38. what is a system
    it is simply a set of connected components that function to transfer energy
  39. what are enzymes
    they are large protein molecules in a cell which participate in virtually all chemical reactions in a cell
  40. what are exergonic energy reactions
    they use energy to release energy
  41. what re spontaneous reactions
    they do not require an input of energy they just happen
  42. what are endergonic reaction
    reactions that require energy
  43. what is free energy
    the amount of energy available to preform work
  44. what is a substrate
    the molecule which a enzyme bonds to an amino acid
  45. what is induced theory
    the model which take the change in the enzyme shape into account
  46. what is an active site
    the area where the substrate to the enzyme
  47. what are catabolic enzymes
    enzyme that catalyze catabolic reactions
  48. what are anabolic enzymes
    enzymes the catalyze anabolic reactions
  49. what are bidirectional enzymes
    enzymes that are both anabolic and catabolic for the same reaction
  50. what are coenzymes
    organic molecules that enzymes need to function properly. coenzymes are not part the enzyme
  51. what are cofactors
    inorganic molecules that enzymes need to function properly
  52. what does mechanical work include
    muscle contractions and beating of cilia
  53. what des transport work include
    active transport along the cell membrane and movement of nutrients along a nerve cell
  54. what does chemical work include
    the activation of energy needed to start endergonic reactions
  55. what is energy coupling
    the enzyme uses the energy to fuel endergonic reactions of life
  56. who is Daniel Koshland Jr
    a biochemist author who wrote books in biochemistry, and published an ungodly amount of books
  57. what is feedback inhibition
    the way in which reactions catalyzed by enzymes anre regulated
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