if an enzyme were destroyed what would happen?
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Then the reaction that the enzyme was catalysing would slow down or totally stopped.
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It breaks down the cell wall of the bacteria.
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More info is necessary.\nHow were the enzymes prepared and purified?\nWhat's your exact experiment?\nDo you see an increase in enzyme activity when you put both Ca and EDTA at the same time and if so at which molar ratio of the two effectors?\nDo you also see activation for each effector separately? How does it compare quantitatively to the effect of the combination of the effectors?\n\nMy wild guess would be that Ca+2 is an allosteric activator, EDTA removes another metal that was co-purified with the enzyme and the latter metal is an inhibitor. If  both have a positive effect on their own and an even higher when combined then it could be the case.\nAnother more extreme case is that EDTA removes the catalytic ion (if it can form a more stable complex than with Ca) and Ca takes its place. Then EDTA alone should kill the reaction while in combination with Ca have a positive effect. However this is a quite improbable scenario since enzymes usually have evolved for best performance and thus the enzyme would be expected to have the very common Ca+2 in the catalytic center to begin with, if Ca+2 aids the reaction more.
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1. Well, so far as I know enzymes are not changed by their reactions. \n2. There are also special molecules called "substrates" which specifically bind to an enzyme's "active site" (kinda like a key fitting into a hole) and is changed and then released by the enzyme.
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think high concentrations of ions can denaturate proteins, an d some ions in particular...
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the process would be mutation of the genes
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An enzyme is a protein that catalyzes, or speeds up, a chemical reaction.\nEnzymes are essential to sustain life because most chemical reactions in biological cells would occur too slowly, or would lead to different products without enzymes\n\nLike all catalysts, enzymes work by providing an alternate pathway of lower activation energy of a reaction, thus allowing the reaction to proceed much faster. Enzymes may speed up reactions by a factor of many millions. An enzyme, like any catalyst, remains unaltered by the completed reaction and can therefore continue to function. Because enzymes do not affect the relative energy between the products and reagents, they do not affect equilibrium of a reaction.
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I believe it was catalase.  It comes from the term to catalyse which means to speed up or destroy.  Calalyses are not used up in chemical reactions just like enzymes.
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yes if left untreated it will destroy your liver
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Proteins, including enzymes.
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Effect of enzyme on reaction
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It might be eaten by a carnivore and its protein will be catabolised (broken down) and absorbed to make new proteins in the carnivore. It might be decomposed by bacteria after death. Perhaps after decomposition it will be broken down and taken up by a plant (if the nitrogen in it has been fixed) and then the plant may use it.
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Enzymes can only take (generally) very specific substrate.  A dissimilar substrate will usually not undergo any enzymatic alteration.  An enzyme's shape is what determines its function.  Altering the shape of the enzyme will usually prevent it from working on its substrate.
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Anything too far below an enzyme’s optimum temperature causes virtual inactivity, while anything too high above can “denature” or destroy the enzyme. Likewise, any significant deviation from its optimum pH can also render the enzyme denatured.
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enzymes are protein.a change in ph results in a change in ions concentration.this changes the shape of the active site of enzyme.so the enzyme stops functioning
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A malfunction (mutation, overproduction, underproduction or deletion) of a single critical enzyme can lead to a severe disease.
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Heat, availability of reactants, # of enzymes, other competing enzymes (if any).  These are a few.  Heat is one of the biggest as enzymes have specific temperatures at which they operate best.  At different temperatures they tend to slow or shut down completely.  Hope this helps.