• Question: what does enzymes mean?

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      Asked by MCKAI to Alan, Jo, Sankar on 19 Mar 2015.
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        Jo Sadler answered on 19 Mar 2015:

        An enzyme is a big protein molecule that is specially folded into a specific shape. The shape defines a pocket in the middle of the molecule which catalyses a chemical reaction – ie it makes that reaction happen really fast, then it spits out the products and is ready to do the reaction again on another molecule.

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