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Which risk increases when the injected substrate concentration overwhelms an enzyme's active site?

A)Product inhibition becomes self-limiting
B)Enzyme denaturation becomes instantaneous
C)Reaction displays zero-order kinetics
D)Non-specific binding affinity weakens

💡 Explanation

Excess substrate saturates the enzyme, meaning the reaction is limited to the rate of enzyme turnover, causing zero-order kinetics, because velocity is solely determined by total enzyme independent of substrate. Therefore, reaction displays zero order kinetics rather than normal kinetics because substrate is always in excess.

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