9C. The diagram below shows an enzyme-catalyzed reaction. How do enzymes speed up biochemical reactions? *
Carbon dioxide
Water
Enzyme
Substrates
(carbonic
bind to
anhydrose
enzyme
-Active site
Carbonic
acid
Enzyme-
substrate
complex
Products
are released
Substrates
are converted
into products
They lower the activation energy of the reaction
They increase the number of available reactant particles
They absorb energy from the products
They provide energy to the reactants

They lower the activation energy of the reaction

Explanation:

Enzymes are proteinous biochemical molecules that serve as catalyst in living systems. They speed up the rate of biochemical reactions by lowering the activation energy of the reaction they are involved in.

As this question describes, enzymes possess an active site, which the substrate binds to yield products. The enzymes make the reaction faster by reducing the activation energy of the reaction, which is the energy needed to start a reaction.

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step 1: initiation

initiation is the beginning of transcription. it occurs when the enzyme rna polymerase binds to a region of a gene called the promoter. this signals the dna to unwind so the enzyme can ‘‘read’’ the bases in one of the dna strands. the enzyme is now ready to make a strand of mrna with a complementary sequence of bases.

step 2: elongation

elongation is the addition of nucleotides to the mrna strand. rna polymerase reads the unwound dna strand and builds the mrna molecule, using complementary base pairs. there is a brief time during this process when the newly formed rna is bound to the unwound dna. during this process, an adenine (a) in the dna binds to an uracil (u) in the rna.

step 3: termination

termination is the ending of transcription, and occurs when rna polymerase crosses a stop (termination) sequence in the gene. the mrna strand is complete, and it detaches from dna.