NTA Abhyas NEET2020ChemistryBiomoleculesPractice
The "lock and key" model of enzyme action illustrates that a particular enzyme molecule:
Options
- AMay be destroyed and resynthesised several times
- BInteracts with a specific type of substrate molecule
- CReacts at identical rates under all conditions
- DForms a permanent enzyme-substrate complex
Correct answer
B. Interacts with a specific type of substrate molecule
Step-by-step solution
Lock and key theory was proposed by Emil Fischer it states that each enzyme molecule has a specific active site to which only a specific substrate can fit and bind forming ES complex. It thus explains that each enzyme molecule interacts with a specific type of substrate only.