9 terms

Sundanese	English
Active Site	Small part of enzyme fits with substrate/s (site undergoes small change in shape)
ADP (adenosine diphosphate)	Factors in producing ATP
ATP (adenosine triphosphate)	Common energy currency of cells
Coupled Reactions	Occur in the same place, same time, in a way that an energy-releasing (exergonic) reaction drives an energy requiring (endergonic) reaction
Enzyme	Protein that functions as an organic catalyst to speed a chemical reaction w/o being affected by the reaction
Enzyme inhibition	When a molecule (the inhibitor) binds to an enzyme and decreases its activity
1st Law of Thermodynamics	(Law of conservation of energy) Energy cannot be created/destroyed, but it can be changed from one form to another
2nd Law of Thermodynamics	Energy cannot be changed from one form to another w/o a loss of usable energy
Metabolism	Sum of all the chemical reactions that occur in a cell

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