Consider the following potential energy diagram: Reaction coordinate Which path represents a catalyzed reaction? How many steps would be proposed in the mechanism for the catalyzed reaction, and which step would be rate-determining? Since there are activation energies shown for the catalyzed reaction there are steps in the mechanism. The slowest step would be the step in the mechanism as that step has the activation energy of the v in the mechanism. Potential energy
Catalysis and Enzymatic Reactions
Catalysis is the kind of chemical reaction in which the rate (speed) of a reaction is enhanced by the catalyst which is not consumed during the process of reaction and afterward it is removed when the catalyst is not used to make up the impurity in the product. The enzymatic reaction is the reaction that is catalyzed via enzymes.
Lock And Key Model
The lock-and-key model is used to describe the catalytic enzyme activity, based on the interaction between enzyme and substrate. This model considers the lock as an enzyme and the key as a substrate to explain this model. The concept of how a unique distinct key only can have the access to open a particular lock resembles how the specific substrate can only fit into the particular active site of the enzyme. This is significant in understanding the intermolecular interaction between proteins and plays a vital role in drug interaction.
![Consider the following potential energy diagram:
Reaction coord inate
Which path represents a catalyzed reaction?
How many steps would be proposed in the mechanism for the catalyzed reaction, and which step would be rate-determining?
Since there are
activation energies shown for the catalyzed reaction there are
steps in the mechanism.
The slowest step would be the
step in the mechanism as that step has the
v activation energy of the
v in the mechanism.
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