Tec — The Education Consultancy

Topics covered

• Metabolism — anabolism and catabolism, and the role of activation energy
• Enzymes — definition, etymology, and their key characteristics (specificity, active site, cofactors, sensitivity to pH/temperature)
• Factors affecting enzyme activity — substrate concentration, temperature, and pH
• Mechanism of enzyme action — the enzyme-substrate complex and the general catalytic cycle
• The Lock and Key model (Emil Fischer) and the Induced Fit model (Daniel Koshland)
• Specificity of enzymes, intracellular vs extracellular enzymes, and industrial uses of enzymes
• Metabolic pathways, enzyme inhibitors, and enzyme activators