You are given a reaction and are told it is at "saturation." To determine if this is true,you should add _______ and see if the reaction rate _______.

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If a reaction is at saturation, adding more substrate will not increase the reaction rate as all active sites are already occupied. Therefore, if adding more substrate does increase the reaction rate, the reaction was not at saturation.

You Are Given a Reaction and Are Told It Is