BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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An enzyme is a protein which increases the rate of a reaction without being utilized in the reaction. Some of the enzymes are also made up of RNA, but primarily it is made up of proteins. Enzyme-catalyzed reactions occur at a faster rate than the reactions in which enzymes are not involved.

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