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.
Find the product of this enzyme catalyzed reaction.
![The image shows a chemical reaction. On the left, there is a structural formula representing an organic molecule. The structure consists of a chain with hydroxyl (OH) groups and ester functional groups. The chemical formula is:
\[ \text{HO-CH}_2\text{-C(=O)-CHOH-COOCH}_3 \]
An arrow points towards the right, indicating the direction of the reaction. Above the arrow is a notation:
\[ \text{-OCH}_3 \]
This likely indicates a methoxide ion acting as a reagent or catalyst in the reaction. On the right, there is an empty box, which represents the product or products of this reaction, not shown in the image.
This can be considered an illustrative example of organic synthesis involving esterification or transesterification processes, commonly studied in organic chemistry.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ffb0e1de4-5e74-4932-a3a3-de04fa86d3f2%2Fab0ebbc9-0a04-44f4-a07e-433ab4fc0b96%2Fivdkdz_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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