The process that involves the breaking of intermolecular forces that hold an enzyme is known as denaturation.
What are enzymes?
- A substance produced by a living organism which acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction.
- Almost all enzymes are proteins. There are some nucleic acids that behave like enzymes. These are called ribozymes.
- An enzyme like any protein has a primary structure, i.e., amino acid sequence of the protein. An enzyme like any protein has the secondary and the tertiary structure.
- A tertiary structure that contains the backbone of the protein chain folds upon itself, the chain criss-crosses itself and hence, many crevices or pockets are made. One such pocket is the ‘active site’. An active site of an enzyme is a crevice or pocket into which the substrate fits. Thus enzymes, through their active site, catalyse reactions at a high rate.
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