Biology GCSE
Enzyme structure and function
What Enzyme structure and function means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Enzyme structure and function
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A mutation can change the amino acid sequence and therefore the shape of a protein, so the shape of an enzyme's active site may change and the substrate no longer fits.
Topics that use Enzyme structure and function
- DNA structure (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Amino acid sequence
- Base sequence
- Carrier molecules
- codon
- Complementary base pairing
- degenerate
- double helix
- Enzyme action
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