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What are enzymes?

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Enzymes are biologicai substances which increase the speed of biological reactions taking place in the living body.Important properties of enzymes are given below:
i) Small amount of enzyme is sufficient to complete the biological process.
ii) Enzymes are highly specific because every biological process requires a different enzyme.
iii) Enzymes are most active at optimum temperature `(25^@ - 40^@C)` and at optimum `pH (6-7.8)`.
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