Question

Acetylchonlinesterase is an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. which of the following explains why acetylcholinesterase cannot be used to catalyze the breakdown of other neutrotransmitters, like norepinephrine

Answer 1

it would require a level of activation energy to high for acetylcholinesterase to react with other neutrotransmitters.

Binding with an alternate neutrotransmitter would inhibit the reaction of the enzyme with acetylcholine

reacting with another neurotransmitter would halt the production of the enzyme and raise the overall activation energy

Its shape determines the neutrotransmitters that can reach its active center where activation energy is lowered