Substrate (chemistry)

In chemistry, a substrate is the chemical species being observed, which reacts with a reagent. What this word means depends on its context.[1] In particular, in biochemistry, an enzyme substrate is the material upon which an enzyme acts.

References

  1. ↑ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. (the "Gold Book") (2025). Online version: (2006–) "substrate". doi:10.1351/goldbook.S06082


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