Question

How does the lock and key hypothesis

explain enzyme specificity ?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Just like there is a single(specific) key to open a particular lock, in the same way, each enzyme contains active site where a particular (specific) substrate can bind, and the reaction occurs.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

In order to explain why enzymes have such a high level of specificity, Emil Fischer in 1894 suggested that both a substrate and an enzyme have specific geometric shapes that fit exactly into each other. This idea of both substrates and enzymes having a natural geometric fit has been called the lock and key hypothesis.