What are enzymes? Explain with suitable example. - Vidyadip

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What are enzymes? Explain with suitable example.

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All biological or bio-catalysts which catalyse the reactions in living organisms are called enzymes. Chemically all enzymes are proteins. They are required in very small quantities as they are catalyst also they reduce the activation energy for a particular reaction.
Example : Enzyme maltase converts maltose to glucose.
$\underset{\text { Maltose }}{ C _{12} H _{22} O _{11}} \xrightarrow{\text { maltase }} \underset{\text { Gllucose }}{ C _6 H _{12} O _6} \text {. }$

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