Question
Differentiate between
Hormone and Enzyme
Hormone and Enzyme
✓
Answer
| Hormone | Enzyme |
| They are produced by endocrine glands. | They are produced by exocrine glands. |
| Chemically they may be proteins, steroids or their derivatives. | All enzymes are proteins. |
| They are secreted at one site and act at another. | They act at their site of secretion or pass through ducts to their site of action. |
| Hormone-regulated processes are not reversible. | Enzyme-mediated reactions are reversible. |
| "They are effective in low concentration. Their under-secretion or over-secretion affects body metabolism and growth." | They act in low concentration. An increase or decrease in their concentration affects the rate of the process." |
| They act either slowly or rapidly. | They act quickly. |
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