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What would happen if a substrate molecule with a different shape to the enzyme came into contact with the enzyme's active site
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What would happen if a substrate molecule with a different shape to the enzyme came into contact with the enzyme's active site

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it would just bounce off

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Substrate molecules would just bounce off and move along because each enzyme is like a key to the active site. so if the 'key' doesn't fit the 'lock' then nothing will happen
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