14.25 What are enzymes?
14.25 What are enzymes?
14.25
Enzymes are naturally occurring simple conjugate proteins acting as specific catalysts in all processes. In contrast to ordinary chemical catalyst, it loses activity by pH or temperature change.
For example:- the enzyme used to catalyze the hydrolysis of maltose into glucose is named as maltase.
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