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What is the name given to the theory that explains how a substrate fits the active site of an enzyme?
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What is the name given to the theory that explains how a substrate fits the active site of an enzyme?

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The lock and the key model that is the name given to this explanation
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the basis of the so-called induced-fit theory, which states that the binding of a substrate or some other molecule to an enzyme causes a change in the shape of the enzyme so as to enhance or inhibit its activity.
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