Question
Explain the mechanism by which enzymes are able to lower the activation energy during a reaction.
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An enzyme can act in several ways to lower Ea. It does this by forming an enzyme-substrate (ES) complex.
1. The enzyme may hold the substrates in such a way as to distort the substrate bonds closer to their form in the transition state. This reduces the amount of
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