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Metabolic pathwaysRate of enzyme reaction

Metabolism refers to all of the chemical reactions that take place inside living cells. Unicellular and multicellular organisms must control their metabolism in order to survive.

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Rate of enzyme reaction

A graph showing the progress of a reaction reaction with and without an enzyme

The rate of enzyme reaction can be affected by substrate concentration.

As the substrate concentration increases, the enzyme reaction increases until all of the active sites are occupied by the substrate. When all active sites are occupied, the enzyme is saturated.

At this saturation point, adding more substrate makes no difference to the reaction rate.

Enzymes and substrates graph