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The feature of enzymes that controls they substrate they act on is called the active site of the enzyme. The enzyme is a protein. Each active site is specific too the substrate which it acts on. The substrate may fit into the active site via a lock and key mechanism or by an induced fit. The active site attracts and binds with the substrate in order to allow a reaction to occur faster. The substrates are also called the reactants. =)
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The molecule on which an enzyme acts is called an?
The substance on which enzymes act are called substrates.
Why do enzymes generally bind to only type of substrate?
Enzymes act only on a specific substrate due to the active site of the enzymes fits perfectly with the substrate. Like 2 puzzle pieces, they can only go together and not with anything else.
Why do enzymes generally only bind to one type of substrate?
Enzymes act only on a specific substrate due to the active site of the enzymes fits perfectly with the substrate. Like 2 puzzle pieces, they can only go together and not with anything else.
What is the name given to the substance that an enzyme works on?
An enzyme will alter its substrate although the specific substrate depends on the enzyme.
What are the molecules that enzymes act on called?
The molecule upon which an enzyme acts is called the substrate.
Why must a molecule have a specific shape if it is to be a substrate of an enzyme?
Active sites of enzymes (where the substrates fit in) are substrate specific, and are complementary to the shape of the molecule (substrate). In this way, enzymes can only act on a specific substrate, since that is the only shape that it will accommodate in the active site.
How fast do enzymes act?
Enzymes reaction cycle is so fast that a single enzyme molecule typically act on about thousand substrate molecules per second.
What is the substance that a catalyst works on?
The substrate on which a catalyst works is called its substrate
An enzyme acts to?
Enzymes act on molecules called substrates. The kind of substrate depends on the shape of the enzyme.
What are the Examples of intra cellular enzymes?
RNA/DNA polymerases - Reverse Transcriptase. Helicase. Binding proteins. Enzymes simply act on a substrate - there are tonnes.
How do enzymes affect reactions?
The initial velocity of a gradually increases during enzyme substrate reaction. The concentration of the substrate also increases with it.
Substrate molecules bind to enzymes where?
The bind in the active site.
