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What is Enzyme, active site, enzyme–substrate complex?

Also known as: enzyme · active site · enzyme--substrate complex

Definition 13.8 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 13 — Complex Kinetics: Chains, Enzymes and Oscillations

An enzyme is a biological catalyst, almost always a protein, that speeds up a specific reaction of its substrate. The active site is the pocket of the enzyme where the substrate binds and reacts; the bound species is the enzyme–substrate complex ES.

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