How is the shape of an enzyme related to its function?

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Alaina Hall

20 June, 15:38

How is the shape of an enzyme related to its function?

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Sarah Price · Answer 1

Function of an enzyme is to lower reaction's activation energy and to increase speed of a reaction, but to make it happen, enzyme and substrate must fit spatially. The shape of an enzyme is essential to make enzyme-substrate complex - if active site of an enzyme doesn't fit to substrate, there won't be a enzyme-catalised reaction.