What part of an enzyme carries out a chemical reaction?

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What part of an enzyme carries out a chemical reaction?

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2007-10-26 07:16:14 · 3 answers · asked by Gio R 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Active site.

2007-10-26 07:19:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Active Site.

2007-10-26 14:31:09 · answer #2 · answered by Edgar Greenberg 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The active site. This is a "pocket" in a very large protein molecule, which has a size and shape that accomodates the substrate. It also has room and functional groups to bind cofactors like NAD+/NADH if they are needed for oxidation-reduction reactions. Still other functional groups bind the substrate in such a way that the substrate is "stretched" to resemble the transition state geometry of the reaction.

2007-10-26 14:21:52 · answer #3 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋