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: [[Organism]]s have a number of different [[enzyme]]s that control the [[Chemical Reaction|chemical reactions]] that take place inside the [[cytoplasm]].
: [[Digestive Enzyme|Digestive '''enzymes''']] are used to break down large insoluble food [[molecule]]s into small [[soluble]] [[molecule]]s.
: The [[chemical]]s that an [[enzyme]] affects are called [[Substrate (Biology)|substrates]].
: [[Enzyme]]s have an area called an [[Active Site|active site]] which is where the [[enzyme]] interacts with the [[substrate]].
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |This [[diagram]] shows an [[enzyme]], [[Substrate (Biology)|substrate]] and the [[Active Site|active site]] of the [[enzyme]].
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===Denaturation===
: [[Enzyme]]s can be [[denature]]d if the [[temperature]]s are too high or the [[pH]] is too extreme. Different [[enzyme]]s have a different [[Optimum|optimum]] [[temperature]] and [[Optimum|optimum]] [[pH]].