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vampirchik [111]
3 years ago
7

Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down starch. why can’t the same enzyme break down cellulose?

Biology
1 answer:
rusak2 [61]3 years ago
4 0
Enzymes are (usually) specific to the substrates they bind to. Thus, each enzyme has one and only one substrate structure they can metabolize, so even substrates with similar structures cannot be broken down by an enzyme specific to one of them.
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