By Zoe Terwilliger
(noun. /SUB-strate/)
What does it mean?
In biochemistry, a substrate is a molecule that an enzyme acts on. Substrates attach to enzymes and undergo an enzyme-catalyzed chemical reaction to form a new substance: the product.
How do I use it in a sentence?
ATPases are enzymes that all bind the substrate ATP.
What concentration of substrate was added to the solution?
Related terms
Substrate : this term sounds exactly the same but can be used to describe different things in various fields of study. Its definition depends on the context.
Enzyme : definition can be found here.
Product: what the substrate turns into
Fields of Study in which this term is commonly used
- Biochemistry
- Enzymology (the study of enzymes)
- Genetics
- Molecular Biology
- Physiology
- Biology
