A German scientist, Emil Fischer postulated the lock and key model in 1894 to explain the enzyme’s mode of action. Fischer’s theory hypothesized that enzymes exhibit a high degree of specificity towards the substrate. This model assumes that the active site of the enzyme and the substrate fit perfectly into one another such that each ...
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A German scientist, Emil Fischer postulated the lock and key model in 1894 to explain the enzyme’s mode of action. Fischer’s theory hypothesized that enzymes exhibit a high degree of specificity towards the substrate. This model assumes that the active site of the enzyme and the substrate fit perfectly into one another such that each ...