Microbiology 9th Edition by Laura Black, Jacquelyn Black

Exercise 3

Which of the following statements about enzyme character istics is true?
(a) Enzymes generally exhibit a high degree of specificity for one particular substrate.
(b) Enzyme-substrate complexes occur when a substrate molecule collides with the allosteric site of an enzyme.
(c) Chemical bonds within a substrate are strength ened when this substrate forms an enzyme-substrate complex.
(d) Enzymes have a region called the active site, which pro vides an area where it can form a loose association with its substrate.
(e) a and d.