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ChemistryChemical KineticsJEE Main

The rate of a certain biochemical reaction catalysed by an enzyme in the human body is times faster than when it is carried out in the laboratory (uncatalysed). The activation energy of this reaction:

Answer: (B)

Solution

The enzyme speeds up the reaction precisely because it provides a new reaction pathway with a lower activation energy than the uncatalysed laboratory reaction; the dramatic

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