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Why has the lock and key model
not been totally superseded by the
induced-fit model?

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Answer:

The lock-and-key model portrays an enzyme as conformationally rigid and able to bond only to substrates that exactly fit the active site. The induced fit model portrays the enzyme structure as more flexible and is complementary to the substrate only after the substrate is bound.

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