Kyla Stevenson, November 25, 2009

~Review of the class~

1) Protein catalysts

2)Catalyst: Speeds up or slows down the rate of the reaction.

3)Enzyme Action:
     -Substrates-molecules to bond
     -Enzyme-protein that facilitates bonding between substrates.
     -Enzymes are NOT changed, so they can facilitate many substrate bondings

4)The effect of enzymes on activation energy: The enzyme reduces the activation energy required for substrate bonding.

~Thoughts/Opinions~

-It was actually interesting to start learning about the digestion system, it's important to learn about and have an understanding of how it's important to be healthy.

~Above and Beyond~

-The link below demonstrates the effect of enzymes on activation energy using a graph:
http://scholar.hw.ac.uk/site/biology/activity4.asp