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Without enzymes, what would happen to the rate of chemical reactions?

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Enzymes speed up reactions that would otherwise take place but at a much slower rate. So essentially, these reactions within the body would still occur but would take place so slowly that it probably wouldn't be sufficient to sustain life
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Enzymes are catalysts, which means that they make chemical reactions go faster, but are not changed by the reaction,
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