The specificity of an enzyme denotes its ability to act selectively on one substance or a small number of chemically similar substances, the enzyme's substrates. Like antibody specificity, enzyme specificity depends on a close fit between substrate molecules and their binding sites on an enzyme.
The specificity of an enzyme denotes its ability to act selectively on one substance or a small number of chemically similar substances, the enzyme's substrates. Like antibody specificity, enzyme specificity depends on a close fit between substrate molecules and their binding sites on an enzyme.