Definition: Non-competitive inhibitors bind to sites other than the active site, causing conformational changes that alter the enzyme's activity.

Example: Common enzyme names often reflect their substrates, such as sucrase for sucrose, maltase for maltose, and lactase for lactose.

Highlight: Enzymes work by weakening chemical bonds, which lowers the activation energy required for reactions to occur.

Vocabulary: Competitive inhibitors are molecules that mimic the substrate and compete for the enzyme's active site, preventing normal substrate binding.

Definition: Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions without undergoing permanent changes themselves.

Vocabulary: Metabolic pathway refers to an ordered series of enzyme-catalyzed reactions where the product of one reaction becomes the substrate for the next.

Example: In feedback inhibition, the end product can attach to the first enzyme's allosteric site, making it inactive by changing its shape.

Highlight: The induced fit model differs from the lock-and-key model by emphasizing the flexibility of enzyme-substrate interactions and conformational changes.