Section 2 Chemical Reactions (continued) Enzymes | Compounds

Summarize key characteristics of an enzyme by completing the organizer below.

Composed of

Purpose:

Reusable?

Participates in how many
different types of reactions?

Activity level affected by:

Determine if the following statement is true or false. if true, choose true. if false, choose the rewording that is true. according to the law of independent assortment, alleles for each gene are inherited together so that they always stay together. according to the law of independent assortment, offspring express a combination of their parents' traits. according to the law of independent assortment, alleles for a characteristic split during meiosis and combine during fertilization. true according to the law of independent assortment, alleles for each gene are inherited independently so that no two alleles stay together.

Restriction enzymes are used in making recombinant dna. describe the role restriction enzymes perform when constructing recombinant dna.

The smallest parts of these that retain their original properties are called