Live Quiz Arena
🎁 1 Free Round Daily
⚡ Enter ArenaQuestion
← ScienceWhich outcome occurs when an enzyme's active site distorts?
A)Substrate-induced strain energy diminishes✓
B)Reaction's rate determining step changes
C)Transition state stabilization increases
D)Microenvironmental pH dramatically shifts
💡 Explanation
Substrate-induced strain energy diminishes because induced fit relies on destabilizing the substrate structure via the enzyme mechanically twisting it into higher energy conformation, lowering total activation energy. Therefore, weakened strain lowers efficiency rather than rate enhancements, because the reaction faces a larger energy barrier.
🏆 Up to £1,000 monthly prize pool
Ready for the live challenge? Join the next global round now.
*Terms apply. Skill-based competition.
Related Questions
Browse Science →- Which consequence results when a steam turbine's isentropic efficiency decreases?
- Which consequence results when bias induces interband tunneling?
- Which behavior promotes delocalization of electrons under periodic perturbation?
- Which consequence results when an impurity distorts the electronic band structure semiconductor near room temperature?
- Which behavior change emerges when Reynolds number increases within a centrifugal pump?
- Which outcome occurs when the band gap narrows in an organic LED?
