Activation Energy and Catalysis
The graph shows three reaction pathways for the same biological reaction. One reaction pathway shows an uncatalyzed reaction, while two reaction pathways show catalyzed reactions, one catalyzed by enzyme X and one catalyzed by enzyme Y. For this particular biological reaction, enzyme X is a better catalyst than enzyme Y. Which statements apply to each reaction?
Reactants
Products
Reaction pathway
Drag each item to the appropriate bin:
Catalyzed by enzyme X
Fastest reaction
Highest activation energy
Catalyzed by enzyme Y
Lowest activation energy
Uncatalyzed reaction
Slowest reaction
Reaction A
Reaction B
Reaction C