What is enzyme-substrate specificity?

Answer 1

It means that an enzyme will only work on one specific substrate at a time, because no meaningful biochemical activity can occur without their absolute specificity.

We are talking about 30,000 bio-enzymatically controlled Biochemical reactions.

In the Chem Lab a product yield of 60 percent is a huge achievement.

In the Body anything less than a 100 percent yieldwould swiftly result in the Cell being overwhelmed by the useless by-products of these 30,000 biochemical Reactions.

Answer 2

Commonly in reference to enzymatic fuel cells, selectivity is the ability of an enzyme to interact with a very specific fuel source. So potentially the byproduct of one oxidation step could be the step for another, separate enzymes reaction. The substrate reacting with the enzyme - creating the enzyme-substrate complex - is where the enzymes selectivity comes into play.

Answer 3

Enzymes are specifically designed to only bind to certain molecules. If a molecule comes into contact with an enzyme and it is not its specific substrate it will not bind and no reaction will occur

Answer 4

Enzyme-substrate specificity means that a substrate can fit into an enzyme similar to a key fitting into a lock. The active site of the enzyme is what determines its specificity. An enzyme can hence catalyze a reaction with a specific substrate, such as amylase catalyzing starch molecules. During these reactions, the substrate is held in a precise optimum position to create and break bonds, catalyzing the molecule.

Answer 5

Enzyme-substrate specificity refers to the ability of an enzyme to selectively bind to and catalyze a specific substrate or group of chemically related substrates. This specificity is determined by the enzyme's active site, which is complementary in shape and charge to the substrate. The specificity allows enzymes to perform their biological functions efficiently and without interfering with other cellular processes.

Answer 6

An enzyme is specific to one and only one reaction.

So if we consider Enzyme A, which combines X and Y to make Z, that is the ONLY reaction it will catalyze.

Answer 7

This means that every enzyme is specific for a certain substance called the substrtate. The enzyme can only identify its substarte and work on it.

Answer 8

Enzymes to be substrate specific means to be perticular in the kind of proteins they can catalze.

Substrate- carbohydrates, proteins, lipid nucleic acid

Answer 9

enzyme-substrate specificity means that only a certain enzyme can fit into a substrate. it is kind of like a key-lock specificity where only one key can fit into that lock