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Macromolecules, mostly of protein nature, that function as @B00652@ by increasing the reaction rates. In general, an enzyme catalyses only one reaction type (reaction specificity) and operates on only one type of @S06083@ (substrate specificity). Substrate molecules are attacked at the same site (regiospecificity) and only one or preferentially one of the enantiomers of @C01057@ substrates or of @R05026@ mixtures is attacked (stereospecificity).
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