What are enzymes and the functions?
Enzymes (according to Wikipedia)are the central drivers of biochemical metabolic processes in organisms — without enzymes, there is no life. From digestion to the energy metabolism of the cells, from information transfer to the copying of genetic information, all these processes are controlled by enzymes.
Enzymes enable and accelerate almost all biochemical reactions in the body. These reactions include the most diverse metabolic processes as well as the "discarding" (transcribing) and doubling (replicating) of genetic information.
In such reactions, enzymes temporarily bind to the substance to be converted (substrate) so that it can be broken down or otherwise altered. The enzymes themselves remain unchanged. However, they ensure that the energy required for the reaction (activation energy) is reduced. Actually, most chemical processes in cells require such a high activation energy that they cannot or can only be carried out very slowly at the prevailing ambient temperature (internal body temperature of approx. 37 degrees Celsius). By lowering the activation energy, enzymes make such reactions possible in the first place or accelerate them sufficiently.
