Question

Complete the following sentences about enzyme function: Enzymes speed reaction rates by ______ and lowering activation energy. Activation energies drop because enzymes stabilize _______. Enzyme specificity is a function of the active site's shape and the chemical properties of _______ at the active site.

Answer 1

The correct answer will be-

1. Orienting substrates

2. Transition state

3. R groups

Step-by-step explanation:

Enzymes are the biological chemicals which increase the speed of a chemical reaction taking place in a cell.

The enzymes are the folded or tertiary structures of the proteins which act on the substrate molecule by either attaching it directly to its active site or inducing or orienting the structure of the substrate. This forms a transitory or intermediate structure which lowers the activation energy of the chemical reaction and thus speeds up the chemical reaction.

The enzymes are highly specific to their substrate due to their different R groups in their amino acid structure.

Thus, Orienting substrates, Transition state and R groups is the correct answer.