An enzyme is a molecule that is mainly made up of protein produced by living cells, its outstanding function being that of acting as a catalyst and regulator in the body's chemical processes, that is, it catalyzes the biochemical reactions of metabolism..
In no way an enzyme will modify the energy balance or the balance of those reactions in which they intervene, but rather its reason for being in the process is to limit itself to accelerating it.
Then the reaction that is under the influence of an enzyme will reach its right equilibrium much faster than a reaction that is not catalyzed.
Roughly, studies indicate that an enzyme can catalyze about 4,000 different biochemical reactions.
Meanwhile, there is a great diversity of molecules that affect the activity of enzymes.
The enzyme inhibitor is that molecule that will prevent the activity of the enzyme or that in any case can reduce its effect. There are various drugs and drugs that will act as inhibitors.
On the contrary, we find enzyme activators that will increase their activity. An important fact to keep in mind is that the PH, the temperature and some other physical and chemical factors will affect the enzymatic activity.
Depending on the reaction that they are responsible for catalyzing, we can speak of six types of enzymes: oxyreductases, transferases, hydrolases, isomerases, lyases, and ligases.
The EC number is the numerical classification scheme of enzymes which is based on the chemical reactions that they catalyze.
In addition, enzymes turn out to be a substantial element at a commercial and industrial level for the production of food, the development of biofuels and the preparation of cleaning products, such as detergents.
