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.
Enzymes /ËÉnzaÉªmz/ are macromolecular biological catalysts. Enzymes accelerate, or catalyze, chemical reactions. The molecules at the beginning of the process are called substrates and the enzyme converts these into different molecules, called products.n enzyme's name is often derived from its substrate or the chemical reaction it catalyzes, with the word ending in-ase. Examples are lactase, alcohol dehydrogenase and DNA polymerase. Different enzymes that catalyze the same chemical reaction are called isozymes.