Chapter Two: Protein Function-Anabolism

The most important function of proteins is as the organic catalysts know as enzymes. Enzymes cause reactions to occur at a faster rate by providing a meeting place for the reactants. This meeting place is called the active site. The unique shape of the active site allows it to bind to specific reactants. The kind of reaction shown here is called anabolism. In anabolic reatctions two smaller subunits are linkled into larger molecules

 

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