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Diffusion and osmosis both describe the net movement of molecules down a concentration gradient, resulting in an even spread of the molecule over an area over time. Osmosis, however, is more specific as i...

A change in the primary structure means there has been a change in the amino acid sequence.This may cause different hydrogen bonding to occur, leading to a different secondary structure.This may le...

There are two different types of microorganism - bacteria and viruses. The human body is covered in bacteria, the majority of which is good bacteria and they won't cause any harm. The rest are pathogens w...

Binds on to enzyme at a site that is not the active sitechanges the tertiary structure of the active sitesubstrate cannot bindinhibits enzyme activity

similar in shape to {substrate}fits onto active siteprevents substrate bindinginhibits enzyme activity