Biology 5090 · O Level · Enzyme action

Enzyme action — practice question

The graph illustrates how substrate concentration affects the rate of an enzyme-controlled reaction. The results were obtained with a constant enzyme concentration at a temperature of 30^{\circ}C. Which statement explains the graph’s shape from X to Y?

  • ADenaturation of the enzyme molecules is increasing.
  • BThe enzyme active sites are not all occupied.
  • CThe concentration of substrate molecules is decreasing.
  • DThe frequency of effective collisions between enzyme active sites and substrate molecules is decreasing.

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