Bio Exam 2-Chapter 6

What is responsible for all the activities in the cell?

Energy (ATP) and enzymes

How do enzymes work?

Bring reactants together in precise orientations, make reactions more likely to succeed,

Enzymes lower activation energy

Potential energy transforms into kinetic energy. Breaks bonds in the reactant to form the product.

Enzymes have a transition state

Intermediate point between breaking old bonds and forming new ones.