Computational Chemistry Challenge

Proteins can be described as molecular machines. Their function depends on their:

Medications, like ibuprofen (Advil or Motrin) that you might take if you have a fever or headache, work by binding to:

Enzymes catalyze, or speed up, chemical reactions and make them:

The active site of enzymes ____ the substrate.

You simulate the picture and then hit the blue cluster with a fast atom. What will increase? (atom color = its speed)

Molecular dynamics use Newton's laws of motions. These laws describe how the motion of an object changes in response to:

Thousands of chemical reactions happen in our bodies. ___ make these reactions faster by catalysis. (Fill the blank)

Ibuprofen (Advil or Motrin) binds to a particular enzyme and ____ the natural binding molecule produced by your body.

Computational chemists use physics, chemistry, computer science, and math. Which of these subjects do you like the most?

If you run a simulation of atoms and decrease the temperature of the atoms, you would expect them to: