The enzyme glucose oxidase binds the six-carbon sugar glucose and catalyzes its conversion to glucono-1,5-lactone.Mannose is also a six-carbon sugar, but glucose oxidase cannot bind mannose.The specificity of glucose oxidase is based on the

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The specificity of glucose oxidase is determined by the three-dimensional shape and structure of its active site, which can only accommodate glucose due to specific interactions between glucose and the amino acid residues in the enzyme's active site. Mannose, being a different sugar with a slightly different structure, cannot bind to the active site and therefore cannot be catalyzed by glucose oxidase. The other answer choices are not directly related to enzyme specificity.

The Enzyme Glucose Oxidase Binds the Six-Carbon Sugar Glucose and Catalyzes