Idea Bank: The Nuts and Bolts of Enzymes

by: Erin Peters Burton and Andrew Garling

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank describes an enzyme modeling activity that helped students identify the functions of enzymes using nuts and bolts as reactants/substrates and box wrenches as enzymes.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2012Stock # tst12_079_05_14Volume 079Issue 05

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