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Launch ↗ Enzyme Lock and Key Interactive
Enzymes are proteins that speed up the chemical reactions life depends on, and each one only acts on a substrate whose shape fits its active site. Because the enzyme is not used up, a single molecule can run the same reaction again and again. This simulation lets you pair enzymes with substrates and follow the products through a multi-step cascade.
Launch InteractiveTopics covered
- Enzymes as biological catalysts
- Lock and key model
- Enzyme substrate specificity
- Enzyme substrate complex
- Multi-step reaction cascades
- Concentration and reaction rate