Prosthetic group
anything on a protein other than amino acids, can be something like a lipoprotein/phosphoprotein or a coenzyme
Enzyme reaction with only one word (maltase, lactase, etc)
hydrolysis reaction
Oxidoreductases
catalyze redox reactions, change number of bonds to oxygen, involve NADH/FADH
Transferases
Move things between molecules
Transaminases
move amines between molecules
kinases
move phosphates between molecules
hydrolases
break bonds through hydrolization (carbohydrates, lipases, proteases)
lyases
remove groups to make alkenes or add groups to hydrogenate alkenes
isomerases
turn molecules into their isomers
ligases
bind two molecules into one using ATP
absolute specificity
can react one substrate only
stereochemical specificity
can react one set of stereoisomers (ex: D-carbohydrates)
group specificity
can react one set of functional groups only
linkage specificity
can react one type of bond only
vitamin C
maintains collagen structure and reduces other things, water soluble
B vitamins
water soluble, eight each have their own functions
Vitamin A
fat soluble, maintains vision, cell differentiation, epithelial tissue, reproduction
Vitamin D
the only vitamin we can make, maintains calcium and phosphate levels
vitamin E
antioxidant that is less powerful than C, but able to work in fatty areas
vitamin K
helps proper folding of proteins
chylomicrons
transport dietary triacylglycerols from the intestine to the liver and adipose tissue
turnover number
the maximum amount of substrate an enzyme can react in a minute
proteolytic enzymes
enzymes that are produced in an inactive form so that they don’t break the wrong things down, activated by removing a segment of peptides