How Enzyme Concentration Affects Reation
Rate
The graph shows that when a large excess of substrate is maintained,
the reaction rate will increase as the concentration of enzymes is increased.
This is a linear relationship.
An analogy to help explain this phenomenon would be an automobile
factory. One assembly line can crank out a dozen or so cars a day. Two assembly
lines might crank out two dozen cars a day. Three assembly lines might build
3 dozen cars a day and so on....
In this example, enzymes are like the auto assembly line. Just
like the enzyme, the assembly line helps convert individual auto parts into
a complete auto, and as the completed car leaves, they begin to build a new
auto.
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