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LOCK-AND-KEY INTERACTION [1 record]

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Record 1 1989-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
CONT

Enzymes have great specificity for their substrates and will frequently not accept related molecules of a slightly different shape. This can be explained by assuming that enzyme and substrate have a lock-and-key interaction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
CONT

Les enzymes montrent une grande spécificité à l'égard de leur substrat et souvent, elles n'accepteront pas de molécules apparentées dont la conformation est légèrement différente. Ceci peut s'expliquer en supposant que l'enzyme et le substrat ont une relation de clé à serrure.

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