In the context of the enzyme-substrate complex, the active site of an enzyme is the region that:

Do enzymes lower the overall change in free energy (\(\Delta G\)) of a chemical reaction?

The lock-and-key mechanism refers to:

Specific substrates bind to which of the following parts of an enzyme?

Which of the following statements best helps explain the reaction specificity of an enzyme?

In the enzyme-catalyzed reaction sequence E + S ⇌ ES → E + P, which component is released from the enzyme’s active site as the reaction proceeds?

Regarding the enzyme-substrate complex, which statement is most accurate about how enzymes bind reactants?

In the context of the enzyme-substrate complex, what term describes a specific reactant acted upon by an enzyme?

In the context of the enzyme-substrate complex, what is the active site of an enzyme?