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Essay / The Importance of Enzymes - 601
INTRODUCTIONEnzymes are catalysts of protein-based biological systems that each play a specific and effective role in the field of biochemistry (Damji, 2007). Catalysts are substances that act to increase the rate of chemical reactions, while maintaining their chemical structures (Damji, 2007). Enzymes achieve this by reducing the activation energy (the minimum amount of energy required for a chemical reaction to occur) of the substrate molecules without affecting the equilibrium point of the reaction to form the product (P) more quickly (Howard, 2003). This interaction is known as an enzyme-substrate complex, where the weak, non-covalent interactions (through hydrogen bonding and Van Der Waals interactions) at the active site of the enzyme are oriented in a favorable position, to facilitate the formation of the substrate. to the shape of the product (P). Pyrophosphatase is an enzyme found in all tissues of the human body (Ashby 2014). Pyrophosphate hydrolysis plays a central role in lipid metabolism, in terms of lipid synthesis and degradation, calcium absorption and good....