A biologist wants to increase the rate of his chemical reaction but has a limited amount of enzyme. He continues to increases th

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A biologist wants to increase the rate of his chemical reaction but has a limited amount of enzyme. He continues to increases th

e substrate concentration instead. Eventually, the reaction rate levels off, and he can't get it to go any faster. What prevented the rate from increasing further?

Chemistry

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Nadya [2.5K] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-27T12:39:13+03:00

Answer: The enzyme has effectively becomes saturated.

Explanation:

Increasing substrate concentration increases the reaction rate this is because more substrate molecules will collide with enzymes molecules so more product will be formed, but at a point any increase in concentration will have no effect on the rate of reaction because substrate concentration will no longer be the limiting factor.