Question

Is a Catalyst an Enzyme?

Answer 1

1. Enzymes are proteins that increase the rate of chemical reactions.
2. Substances that increase or decrease the rate of a chemical reaction but cannot add take place of reactants only provide a platform to the reacting substances are catalysts.
3. Biological catalysts are enzymes.
4. For reactions, catalysts lower the activation energy.
5. For a reaction, the lower the activation energy, the quicker the rate.
6. Thus, by reducing activation energy, enzymes speed up reactions.
7. In reactions, catalysts are not used, and reactions take a large time to complete.