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Lesson: Chapter 1 — The Chemical Basis of Life

1.2. Proteins 11 of 12

Question 11

Which statement about enzymes is correct?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Enzymes are specialised proteins — organic catalysts — produced by living things to increase the speed of the biochemical reactions inside them.

Compare the two routes to the same product: turning sucrose into glucose in a test tube needs dilute acid and heat, but the enzymes in the digestive system do it easily at a much lower temperature.

Answer the question to continue.