What term describes the condition when adding additional substrate to an ongoing enzyme-catalyzed reaction does not increase the reaction rate?

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11 May 2018
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When an enzyme is working at its maximum capacity, adding more substrate will not speed up the reaction. This state is known as saturation. Denaturation refers to the loss of enzyme structure, mixture is unrelated, and suppression implies inhibition which is different from saturation.

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