Question

Absolute specificity, group specificity and optical specificity are observed by chemical catalyst.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

My doubt is from Enzyme Kinetics in chapter Enzyme Kinetics Fundamentals of Enzyme Technology

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) False

The explanation: Absolute specificity, group specificity and optical specificity are observed by enzymes. As enzymes are specific to substrates (Absolute) or group of substrates (Group) or group of substrates showing same optical activity upon hydrolysis.