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~ ENZYME id+ biol> A CATALYST PROTEIN or
A PROTEIN PROMOTING
CHEMICAL REACTIONS from
gr ZUGO = YOKE implying TO JOIN
ZYMEN LEAVEN
ZYME suffix as in enZYME
ZYMURGY biol> CHEMISTRY OF FERMENTATION
in contrast to "DEAD" or INNERT CHEMISTRY
LIVING CHEMISTRY or BIOCHEMISTRY CONCERNS
METABOLISM AND ITS ENZYMATIC BASIS
WITHOUT ENZYMES CHEMICAL CHANGES AND REACTIONS
ARE SLOW AS ARE THOSE OF INERT CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ENZYMES HAVE LESSER ENERGY REQUIRENMENT
THEREFORE LIVING SYSTEMS COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY
TO GRASP ENERGY AS ORGANISMS DECAY THEY GENERATE
WOOD COAL PETROLEUM AS SOURCES OF ENERGY
CAPTURED ENERGY BY BIOLOGIC SYSTEMS RELATES TO
MORPHOLOGY or SPECIFIC BODY or
SHAPES OF ORGANISMS or SPECIES
EACH LIVING SYSTEM or ORGANISM HAS
SPECIFIC ORDERLY PATHWAYS OF ENERGY FLOW
RULED BY ENZYMES
biol> SPECIFIC METABOLISM PATHWAYS ARE INTEGRATED or
ORGANIZED INTO SELF SUSTAINING SYSTEMS and are
QUITE STABLE which is
the ESSENCE OF EVERY ORGANISM sug> HOMEOSTASIS
ORGANISMS CAN SELF REPAIR and sug> FIX
REPLICATE sug> GENESIS
ENZYMES ARE ORGANIC SUBSTANCES
THAT ACCELERATE CHEMICAL ORGANIC REACTIONS
note AN ENZYME IS NEITHER THE SUBSTRATE NOR
THE PRODUCT OF SUCH REACTIONS
ITS FUNCTION IS TO LOWER THE ENERGY NEEDED FOR
CHEMICAL CHAIN REACTIONS sug> METABOLISM
med> CATALYSIS CATABOLISM
ANABOLISM ARE TERMS to denote
THE DEGRADATION OR SYNTHESIS OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS
ENZYMES MAY BE CATABOLIC ANABOLIC etc
as in HYDROLASE CATALASE
sc> SINCE 1956 THERE IS AN INTERNATIONAL
NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE TO
STANDARDIZE ENZYMATIC NOMENCLATURE
SIX MAIN GROUP ARE ESTABLISHED
OXIDOREDUCTASES TRANSFERASES HYDROLASES
LYASES ISOMERASES and LIGASES
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