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What is lock and key?

Updated: 12/15/2022
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Lock and Key is one of the theories behind how enzymes fit together with substrates and act as biological catalysts that speed up a reaction in the body. The enzyme usually allows this to happen at much lower temperatures than normal and whithin the range of the animals body. The lock and key refers to the tight specific fitting of the substrate with the enzyme so that specific enzymes can target specific substrates.

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