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Consider the Following Energy Diagram for an Enzyme-Catalyzed Reaction

Read a four-peak enzyme reaction profile to count steps and identify the largest energy drop and activation barrier.

Question

Look at the following energy diagram for an enzyme-catalyzed reaction:

Energy profile of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction with four peaks and three intermediate valleys

(a) How many steps are involved?

(b) Which step is most exergonic?

(c) Which step is slowest?

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Evidence boundary

The answer reads only the relative levels in the supplied qualitative profile, with steps numbered left to right. The diagram gives no numerical activation energies or free-energy changes. The visible vector profile redraw preserves the official figure’s qualitative ordering without copying its image.