Enzyme-catalysed condensation reaction

Learning objectives

To understand how an enzyme works
To understand how a given enzyme can split a given substrate into products
To understand how a given enzyme can join two given substrates to form one product
To understand why an enzyme is substrate specific
To understand how a competitive inhibitor works to slow down the catalytic activity

Enzymes are catalysts. They speed up the rate of biochemical reactions. They convert a given substrate to the product of the reaction.