How Specific Are Enzymes

question 33

Multiple Choice

How specific are enzymes?

• A)Many enzymes can "cross over" to catalyze reactions of different substrates in the same chemical family
• B)There are 20 amino acids and therefore 20 enzymes that control all protein metabolic reactions
• C)An enzyme catalyzes one reaction but it may produce one product one time,another product another time
• D)An enzyme catalyzes one reaction and it produces a distinct product

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