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what are enzymes? Write in brief the mechanism of enzyme catalysis.

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Enizymes are biological catalysts produced by the living cells which can catalyse the biochemical reaction in living organisms. The mechanism of enzyme action involves, the following steps, a. Binding of enzyme to substrate to form a complex .E+S rarrarrow[ES. b. Product formation in the enzyme.substrate complex. .. [ES] rarrarrow EP .. c. Release of products from the enzyme .EP rarrarrow E+P. .. ...
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