Biology LibreTexts - Enzyme Active Site and Substrate Specificity

Basic introduction to enzyme-substrate binding.

Elmhurst College - Mechanism of Enzyme Action

Distinguishes between the induced fit model and the lock-and-key model.

Protein-ligand binding - Wikipedia

This is a good place to involve the discussion a bit with substrate-ligand binding beyond the context of enzyme activity. With enzymes, you have catalytic turnover, so there are two ways for enzyme-substrate complex to dissociate (unbinding or turnover) not just unbinding. On the contrary, though, a more simple binding-unbinding model is relevant with many proteins and their ligands. The link above is a subsection of a broader article on dissociation constant, relevant to simple protein-ligand binding, Kd. You don't want to go into the MCAT without being familiar with Kd and its reciprocal, association constant, Ka. In the context of enzymes, though, it's more appropriate to conceptualize binding affinity in terms of Michaelis constant, KM which takes catalytic turnover into account.

Enzyme Activity Resources

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