Biological Reactions

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Enzyme

a biological catalyst (protein or RNA)

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Substrate

Reactant of an enzyme catalyzed reaction

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Turnover number

Number of substrate molecules that are converted to product over given time period

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Cofactor 

nonportein substance that binds to the protein and is required for catalysis (trace metals)

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Coenzyme

Organic cofactors typically found in redox enzymes ( vitamins & derivatives)

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Apoenzyme

Protein minus its cofactor/ coenzyme

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Holoenzyme

catalytically active enzyme 

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Active site

Pocket in enzyme where catalysis takes place