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ChemistryBiomoleculesAMINO ACIDEasy2 minPYQ_2020
ChemistryEasysingle choice
The ‘lock’ and ‘key’ model of enzyme action illustrates that a particular enzyme molecule
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Emil Fisher (1894) proposed ‘lock and key theory’ for the mechanism of enzyme action, according to which the active sites of the enzyme have a specific geometric shape wherein the substrate molecules fit in just like a key in a particular lock. In other words, it illustrates that a particular enzyme molecule interacts with a specific type of substrate molecule.
Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:ChemistryTopic:BiomoleculesSubtopic:AMINO ACID
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