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though certain nucleic acids , called ribozymes , are also capable of catalytic activity. enzymes are essential to sustain life because most chemical reactions in biological cells , such as the digestion of food, would occur too slowly or would lead to different products without the activity of enzymes
. most inherited human diseases result from a genetic mutation , overproduction, or deficiency of a single critical enzyme. for example, lactose intolerance, the inability to digest significant amounts of lactose, which is the major sugar found in milk, is caused by a shortage of the enzyme lactase....
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