Examples of some such functions include how enzymes help the body get rid of toxins, how they break down food into units of energy and how they grow new cells and tissue. Enzymes also help with ...

Enzymes work best under certain conditions, and enzyme activity will slow down if conditions are not ideal. For example, your normal body temperature is 98.6°F (37°C), but if you have a fever and your ...

Enzymes have active sites which only match specific substrates. The diagram shows how this works. In this example, the enzyme splits one molecule into two smaller ones, but other enzymes join ...