alleryStart learning →Which scientist proposed the lock and key model in 1894?
AEduard Buchner
BEmil Fischer
CJames Sumner
DAnselme Payen
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Emil Fischer
Emil Fischer argued that enzyme and substrate have complementary shapes that fit exactly into each other.
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