Term | Definition |
---|---|
metabolism | general term used to describe all of the chemical reactions occurring in the body |
enzymes | metabolic reactions required by proteins |
catalyze | speed up a chemical reactions |
activation energy | energy required to start the metabolic reaction serves as a barrier to catalysis |
substrate | substance upon which an enzyme reacts |
active site | substrate-binding region of an enzyme |
induced fit | change in shape of the active site of an enzyme so that it binds tightly to a substrate |
metabolic rate | measure of his/her energy use |
cellular respiration | series of metabolic reactions that converts energy stored in chemical bonds of food into energy that cells use |
phosphorulation | introduce a phosphoryl group into an organic compound |
ATP | nucleotide triphosphate base adenine |
aerobic | organism, environment or cellular that requires oxygen |
anaerobic respiration | cells to generate in the absence of oxygen |
fermentation | process that makes a small amount of ATP from glucose without using an electron transport chain |
bio chapter 4