Answer:
The region of the enzyme where the substrate attaches is known as the active site (since it is where the catalytic "activity" takes place). A substrate enters the enzyme's active site. This results in the formation of the enzyme-substrate complex.
Step-by-step explanation:
- An enzyme will grip (bind) to one or more reactant molecules to catalyze a process. These are the substrates of the enzyme.
- Different enzymes have varying degrees of selectivity, or "pickiness," about which molecules may be employed as substrates. Some enzymes exclusively take one type of substrate and will not catalyze a reaction even though it is extremely closely related. Other enzymes can function on a variety of target molecules as long as they possess the sort of bond or chemical group that the enzyme is looking for.
In certain reactions, a single substrate is degraded into several products. In others, two substrates combine to form a bigger molecule or to swap components. In fact, each form of biological reaction you can think of has an enzyme to accelerate it up!
The region of the enzyme where the substrate attaches is known as the active site (since it is where the catalytic "activity" takes place).
Proteins are made up of amino acid units, and the active site in protein enzymes receives its features from the amino acids it's made up of. These amino acids can have big or small side chains, acidic or basic side chains, hydrophilic or hydrophobic side chains.
The amino acid sequence present at the active site, as well as their placements in 3D space, give the active site its distinct size, shape, and chemical activity. Because of these amino acids, the active region of an enzyme is specially designed to attach to a specific target—the enzyme's substrate or substrates—and assist them in undergoing a chemical process.