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Science Crit C scientific language

  1. Catalysis / Catalytic activity

  2. Substrate specificity

  3. Active site

  4. Enzyme-substrate complex

  5. Induced fit model

  6. Activation energy

  7. Reaction rate / Velocity

  8. Michaelis-Menten kinetics

  9. Km (Michaelis constant)

  10. Vmax (maximum velocity)

  11. Allosteric regulation

  12. Competitive inhibition

  13. Non-competitive inhibition

  14. Cofactors and coenzymes

  15. Enzyme saturation

  16. Denaturation

  17. Optimum pH / Temperature

  18. Enzyme assay

  19. Spectrophotometric analysis

  20. Initial velocity (v0)

  21. Lineweaver-Burk plot

  22. Turnover number

  23. Enzyme efficiency

  24. Feedback inhibition

  25. Zymogen (proenzyme)

  26. Isoenzymes

  27. Enzyme commission (EC) number

  28. Biocatalyst

  29. Hydrolysis / Oxidation / Reduction (specific to enzyme type)

  30. Steady-state kinetics