INTRODUCTION Enzymes are a protein serving as a catalyst, a chemical agent that changes the rate of the reaction without being consumed by the reaction. Enzymes are proteins made up of long chains of amino acids. These form complex shapes. The enzymes are individuals, like the different players on a ball team, they have different specific structures and jobs. As one ball player may be very tall and one short, the specific different shape of …showed first 75 words of 1058 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1058 total…unless one thinks about the body and how it functions the best at a ph of around 7, neither acidic or alkaline. Likewise the body does not function well at a very high temperature or a very low temperature. Literature Cited 1) Campbell, N. A. and J. B. Reece. 2002. Biology. 6th ed. Prentice Hall. 2) Vodopich, D. S. and R. Moore. 1999. Biology: Laboratory Manual. 5th ed. WCB/McGraw-Hill 3) Intro to Enzymes. December 4, 2002. http://www.worthington-biochem.com/introBiochem/introEnzymes