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What do you mean by the term enzymes

What do you mean by the term enzymes? Briefly illustrate it.

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Enzymes are the biological catalysts, mostly proteins, produced by your body to speed up the chemical reactions in the body. They contain an active site on which the substrate is joined and then broken up or attached.

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