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Enzymes are biological molecules that enable biological reactions to occur. An enzyme will attach to one molecule and this encourages another molecule to attach to the pair. The enzyme will then dettach itself from the new pair of molecules and be used to form the next pair. Without the enzyme, the reaction wouldn't have been able to happen at all. Not all biological reactions need enzymes, but many do.

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