Question

The substance on which and enzymes apps is generally known as

Answer 1

Substrates are the substances that an enzyme acts on. They tend to be the original reactant, and the newly formed material is the product.

Enzymes can be proteins or RNA molecules. The enzyme is not used up during the process, so it can repeat the reaction as needed for biologic functions. A commercial use of enzymes is as meat tenderizer; the enzyme product is applied to meat and starts to break down the proteins.