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What happens to enzyme ability to catalyzes a reaction when enzymes are heated?

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Answer:

Heating an enzyme denatures the structure and reduces or turns off function!

Step-by-step explanation:

Enzymes are proteins that increase the speed of a reaction. Heat denatures the structure of an enzyme, which causes it to lose function!

There are the Three 'F's in Biology... Form Follows Function, if you alter the form you also alter the function of something in Biology!

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