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Enzymes that are exposed to a high temperature will, a, increase their function, b, lose their 3d structure, c, maintain their function, or de -replicate.
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So an enzyme is a protein.
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It's a protein that catalyzes a reaction.
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So it's a protein catalyst.
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Like any protein, it is made up of a chain of amino acids, and this chain of amino acids, interacts, all the side groups interact, to give you a complex 3d structure.
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And this complex 3d structure is necessary to the function of the enzyme.
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There'll be a region of it, the active site that is capable of binding to substrate and catalyzing a reaction involving it.
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What happens when you expose it to a high temperature? so at 150 celsius, a lot of bonds are going to be breaking.
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When you put in that much energy, you're breaking the bonds.
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At 150 salteous, many bonds break.
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What this does is it interferes with the interactions between the side groups...