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How do enzymes interact only with specific substrates?

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They have a certain shape of active sites which only fit in certain substrates
See lock and key theoru
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Step-by-step explanation:

enzymes interact only with specific substrates by this way they have active sites and specific shape of the active site which allow only the particular substrates attach to the active site.

The two theories which explain the enzyme-substrate interaction are

  • lock and key model
  • induced-fit model

Enzymes function is to increase the reaction rate that takes occurs within cells.

Thus enzyme interact only to a specific substrate for the biochemical reaction catalyze same as the lock and key.

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