Page 153 - The Miraculous Machine that Works for an Entire Lifetime: Enzyme

Adnan Oktar

Enzyme inhibitors
seem to know
when to put a halt
Substrate to which reactions.
They imitate the
Active site matching shape of the sub-
the substrate
strate necessary
Enzyme for the particular
reaction and bind
to the enzyme's
active site. The
Active site not binding of the sub-
matching the
substrate strate to the en-
zyme is thus pre-
Enzyme activator Enzyme inhibitor vented.

Substrate

Active site

Enzyme

The substrate binds to A reaction takes place,
the enzyme's active site. and a product emerges.
Enzyme
inhibitor

Active site

Enzyme
The enzyme inhibitor binds The inhibitor prevents the sub-
to the enzyme's active site. strate binding to the enzyme.

halt to enzymatic activity can be vital. For example, the activity of en-

zymes must be brought to an end at a certain point in such processes as
DNA replication or blood clotting. If an enzyme is always setting the
blood-clotting system in motion, this will lead to clots constantly. Then

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