IB Biology Topic C1.1: Enzymes and Metabolism Notes

C1.1.1 Enzymes as catalysts

4 minute read

C1.1.2 Role of enzymes in metabolism

4 minute read

C1.1.3 Anabolic and catabolic reactions

7 minute read

C1.1.4 Enzymes as globular proteins with an active site for catalysis

3 minute read

C1.1.5 Interactions between substrate and active site to allow induced-fit binding

6 minute read

C1.1.6 Role of molecular motion and substrate-active site collisions in enzyme catalysis

5 minute read

C1.1.7 The structure of the active site, enzyme–substrate specificity and denaturation

7 minute read

C1.1.8 Effects of temperature, pH and substrate concentration on the rate of enzyme activity

6 minute read

C1.1.9 Measurements in enzyme-catalysed reactions

9 minute read

C1.1.10 Effect of enzymes on activation energy

6 minute read

C1.1.11 Intracellular and extracellular enzyme-catalysed reactions (HL)

7 minute read

C1.1.12 Generation of heat energy by the reactions of metabolism (HL)

7 minute read

C1.1.13 Cyclical and linear pathways in metabolism (HL)

7 minute read

C1.1.14 Allosteric sites and non-competitive inhibition (HL)

8 minute read

C1.1.15 Competitive inhibition (HL)

6 minute read

C1.1.16 Regulation of metabolic pathways by feedback inhibition (HL)

5 minute read

C1.1.17 Mechanism-based inhibition (HL)

7 minute read