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With enzyme concentration constant, increasing substrate eventually stops raising the reaction rate. Why?

Correct answer C. All the active sites on enzyme molecule are occupied

Explanation

Once every enzyme molecule's active site is busy, the enzymes are saturated, so adding more substrate cannot speed the reaction and it reaches its maximum rate.

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