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What is meant by activation energy?

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1. In a enzyme catalysed reaction, the starting substance is the substrate.
2. It is converted to the product.
3. The substrate binds to the specially formed pocket in the enzyme - the active site, this is called lock state and this minimum energy needed is called the activation energy.
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