Which consequence results when a catalyst saturates in an enzyme reaction?

💡 Explanation

Because enzyme active sites are fully occupied, the maximum reaction rate plateaus; the mechanism, enzyme saturation, means adding more substrate does not accelerate the reaction. Therefore, rate plateaus, rather than increasing the overall speed, because all enzymes are already occupied by substrate.

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