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The lock and key mechanism is a metaphor to explain the specificity of the enzymes active site and the substrate. In the same way only certain keys fit a lock, only certain substrates fit an enzyme's acti...

Speciation is the process in which new species arise from exisiting ones. A species is defined as organisms that can reproduce together to produce fertile offspring. This process starts with the isolation...

A conformer is an organism which is unable to regulate its own internal temperature, therefore, it's internal environment is dependent upon its external environment (e.g. lizards). Whereas a regulator is ...

1. The electron transport chain, consisting of four complexes that each export hydrogen to the inner membrane space, sets up a electrochemical gradient across the membrane2) The final complex, ATP Synt...

Both types mean that the person's body cannot make enough insulin to decrease blood glucose concentrations after a meal. Type 1 is caused by the body's immune system attacking the cells in the pancreas wh...