Enzimë
Enzimë, the Albanian term for enzymes, are biological catalysts that accelerate chemical reactions in living organisms. Most enzimë are proteins, but a minority are RNA molecules with catalytic activity known as ribozymes. Enzimë are highly specific for their substrates and for the reactions they catalyze, often acting on a single substrate or a narrow group of related substrates.
Enzimë act by binding substrates at the active site to form an enzyme-substrate complex. Through induced fit
Enzimë are classified by the type of chemical reaction they catalyze into several broad classes, and many
Michaelis-Menten kinetics describe how the rate of an enzimë-catalyzed reaction depends on substrate concentration, characterized by
Role and applications: Enzimë are essential in digestion, metabolism, DNA replication, and many other biological processes.