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It Was Obvious-to Me At Any Rate-that The Answer Was To Why An Enzyme Is Able To Speed Up A Chemical Reaction By As Much As 10 Million Times. It Had To Do This By Lowering The Energy Of Activation-the Energy Of Forming The Activated Complex. It Could Do This By Forming Strong Bonds With The Activated Complex, But Only Weak Bonds With The Reactants Or Products.
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It Was Obvious-to Me At Any Rate-that

Linus Pauling
It Was Obvious-to Me At Any Rate-that The Answer Was To Why An Enzyme Is Able To Speed Up A Chemical Reaction By As Much As 10 Million Times. It Had To Do This By Lowering The Energy Of Activation-the Energy Of Forming The Activated Complex. It Could Do This By Forming Strong Bonds With The Activated Complex, But Only Weak Bonds With The Reactants Or Products.
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