Essential Biochemistry - Enzymes (Section 3 - No. 16)
Which of the following is an example of substrate specificity?
An enzyme can catalyze the reaction of any molecule.
An enzyme can only bind to and catalyze one specific molecule or a set of closely related molecules.
An enzyme can bind to many different molecules but only catalyze one kind of reaction.
An enzyme can catalyze the reaction of molecules unrelated to each other.
คำอธิบาย
Substrate specificity means that an enzyme only binds to and reacts with a particular substrate.