What is a proposed model for enzyme activity?

The lock and key model:

Only substrates of a specific shape that is complementary to the active site of an enzyme can fit into the active site, in a way that is analagous to a key fitting into a lock.

AP

Related Biology GCSE answers

All answers ▸

What are the main components of animal cells and plant cells?


How can we treat coronary heart disease? (OCR 21st century Biology)


Describe and explain the lock and key model of enzyme action, and how denaturation affects this.


Describe the structure of arteries, veins and capillaries and explain its relation to function