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← ScienceWhich outcome is accelerated when an enzyme catalyst saturates?
A)Product formation plateaus✓
B)Enzyme deactivation accelerates
C)Reactant consumption decelerates
D)Inhibitor binding strengthens
💡 Explanation
Product formation plateaus because the enzyme's active sites are fully occupied, therefore the reaction rate reaches a maximum, exhibiting Michaelis-Menten kinetics, rather than continuing to increase with more substrate concentration or inhibitor effects or decreased reaction rate.
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