Chapter 3, Problem 19Q

Summary Introduction

To explain: How the enzyme and heat both act uniformly to speed up the reactions.

Concept introduction:

Enzymes lower the activation energy of reaction in order to increase the fraction of molecules to attain the transition state and to increase the rate of reaction on both the directions. In the biochemical reaction, enzymes are specific catalyst that enhances the rate of reaction in both reverse and forward direction at the point of equilibrium but they never change the difference in free energy and the equilibrium constant. Heat is a physical state that increases the temperature in the reaction and converts the molecules to move faster where the amount of energy involvement increases.