Prometheus Profile & Fact File Name: Prometheus Role & Function: The function of Prometheus is described as being the god of forethought and the creator of mankind Status: A god in the second dynasty of Titans Gender: Male Name of Father: Iapetus Name of Mother: Clymene
All known enzymes are proteins. They are high molecular weight compounds made up principally of chains of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds. See Figure 1. Enzymes can be denatured and precipitated with salts, solvents and other reagents. They have molecular weights ranging from 10,000 to 2,000,000. Many enzymes require the presence of other compounds - cofactors - before their catalytic activity can be exerted.
1 Stereo specificity is where the enzymes can detect the different optical isomers and react to only one type of isomer. 2  Reaction specific enzymes, these enzymes as the name suggests reacts to specific reactions only. 3  Group specific enzymes are those that catalyze a group of substances that contain specific substances.