The name of an enzyme usually refers to the type of biochemical reaction it catalyzes. For example, proteases break down proteins, and dehydrogenases oxidize a substrate by removing hydrogen atoms.

The chemicals that enzymes act on are called substrates and the substances produced are called products. In this example, the enzyme catalase acts on the substrate hydrogen peroxide to make the ...

Enzyme activity measures how fast an enzyme can change a substrate into a product ... and enzyme activity will slow down if conditions are not ideal. For example, your normal body temperature is ...

Enzymes have active sites which only match specific substrates. The diagram shows how this works. In this example, the enzyme splits one molecule into two smaller ones, but other enzymes join ...

Specific examples of enzymes currently being investigated are listed below ... enzymes in each of the catalytic steps of its reaction such as Michaelis complexes (substrate bound complexes), ...