VCE BIOLOGY DOODLE NOTES: Enzyme-Substrate Interaction Models

These notes are designed specifically for the VCE Biology Unit 3 study design (2016-2021) key knowledge area: Structure and Regulation of Biochemical Pathways.

I will be uploading doodle notes under each key knowledge area, and each document will address at least one dot-point from the study design; this dot-point is illustrated within the notes so that the students can make relevant connections with their learning.

What's in these notes:

1. Note version

2. Fill in the blank version

3. Visual glossary; containing all the key terminology required for this topic with images

4. Lots of visuals to colour in, and analogies

These notes detail the following and more:

• The interactions that help stabilise the substrate and the active site
• The lock and key model
• The induced-fit model

These notes address: #4.1 The role of enzymes as protein catalysts in biochemical pathways; NB: I have numbered each dot point for my own reference. As there are 14 key knowledge areas within the course, each number is based from this. For instance, there are 3 dot-points under 'Plasma Membranes', so they are numbered: #1.1, #1.2, #1.3. This pattern is consistent with all of my resources.