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Biochemical reactions are occurring constantly in cells, converting starting substances to different products, usually with the help of enzymes that speed the reactions. Without enzymes, it would take far too long for most reactions to occur to be useful to the cell!

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Craig M Lilly¹, Karen E Landry, Rahul N Sood

¹Departments of Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, University of Massachusetts, Clinical and Population Health Research Program, Worcester, MA, and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA Department of Nursing, UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA Department of Medicine, UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA, and Department of Microbiology, Medicine, and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, and UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Nursing Sciences, University of Massachusetts, and Departments of Information Services and Cell Biology, Worcester, MA Department of Nursing, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, and UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, and Graduate School of Nursing Sciences, Worcester, MA.

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