Natural enzymes are remarkable molecular machines that enable all sorts of essential biochemical reactions. For decades, ...

Researchers at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) have demonstrated how genetically engineered enzymes can harness visible light to drive highly selective chemical reactions.

The rate of enzyme reaction can be affected by substrate concentration. As the substrate concentration increases, the enzyme reaction increases until all of the active sites are occupied by the ...

How does your body speed up these important reactions? The answer is enzymes. Enzymes in our bodies are catalysts that speed up reactions by helping to lower the activation energy needed to start a ...

The active site of the enzyme precisely orients amino acids to interact with the target molecule when it enters. This makes it easier for the molecule to undergo a chemical reaction to turn into a ...

This specificity ensures that enzymes catalyze only the desired reactions, preventing unwanted side reactions. Enzymes are remarkably efficient catalysts, often increasing reaction rates by several ...

This is essential to the enzyme being able to work. One enzyme is therefore specific to one substrate's chemical reaction, or type of chemical reaction. The human body is maintained at 37°C as ...