AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -You can often recognize that a protein is an enzyme by its name. Many enzyme names end with –ase. For example, the enzyme lactase is used to break down the sugar lactose, found in mammalian milk.

Detailed explanation-2: -Enzymes are named by adding the suffix-ase to the name of the substrate that they modify (i.e., urease and tyrosinase), or the type of reaction they catalyze (dehydrogenase, decarboxylase). Some have arbitrary names (pepsin and trypsin).

Detailed explanation-3: -Enzymes are large protein molecules that function as biological catalysts. Note: Enzyme names end in –ase and are often named after the substrate.

Detailed explanation-4: -In biochemistry, the term enzyme end with the suffix called “ase". It is used to mark an enzyme. To perform its (enzyme) particular catalytic activity on a specific substrate for the enzyme end with the suffix “ase".