Biology A-Level
Effect of missing cofactors on reaction rate
What Effect of missing cofactors on reaction rate means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Without the cofactor the active site may be the wrong shape or the substrate cannot be chemically transformed, so the rate falls.
Topics that use Effect of missing cofactors on reaction rate
- Enzymes (OCR A-Level)
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- Activation energy and enzyme–substrate complexes
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- Digestion and absorption of products
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- Enzyme specificity and active-site complementarity
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