This document discusses enzymes, including their structure, function, and factors that influence their catalytic activity. It notes that enzymes are composed of proteins and cofactors/coenzymes, and that their active sites can bind substrates using lock and key or induced fit mechanisms. Temperature, pH, substrate and enzyme concentrations, and inhibitors can all impact an enzyme's function by altering its structure or ability to bind substrates. Inhibitors are useful medically as drugs but can also be toxic if they block critical enzyme pathways like cellular respiration.