An Induced Fit

a: Enzyme ~
b: woolen glove

What: "the enzyme is like a woolen glove which can be wrapped around the hand and just as it(woolen glove) adjust itself to wrap the hand, so does the enzyme." The substrate binds with an enzyme, which can change the shape of that enzyme which helps activated that enzyme. p. 69 in the linked text...

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Writer: Dubasi Govardhana Ra
LCC: TP
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Date: May 7 2013 10:42 AM


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