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1. Enzymes: the catalysts of life
1.1 Enzyme specificities
Fundamentally, an enzyme acts on only one type of substrate and catalyzes only in a specific way, with a dual specificity: that of reaction and that of substrate.
SCROLL TO TOPAn enzyme catalyzes a specific type of chemical reaction, as illustrated by the following examples. Reaction specificity is not linked to the coenzyme or cofactor, as shown in examples 2 and 3. It is always determined by the apoenzyme representing the protein part of the enzyme....
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