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Question

Hydrogen peroxide is considered a harmful byproduct of many natural metabolic processes. How does the enzyme catalase prevent the damage brought about by this chemical compound?

Accepted Answer

By rapidly catalyzing its decomposition process

Answer

By speeding up its synthesis

Answer

By catering its anabolic process

Answer

By increasing the activation energy needed for the decomposition process to take place

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Hydrogen peroxide is considered a harmful byproduct of many natural metabolic processes. How does the enzyme catalase prevent the damage brought about by this chemical compound?