Does covalent catalysis affect the activation energy or the concentration of pro

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Does covalent catalysis affect the activation energy or the concentration of products??

According to Wikipedia, in covalent catalysis, "Rather than lowering the activation energy for a reaction pathway, covalent catalysis provides an alternative pathway for the reaction (via to the covalent intermediate) and so is distinct from true catalysis." So, does covalent catalysis affect the rate of the reaction or the concentration of product, or both??

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme_catalysis#Covalent_catalysis?

Explanation / Answer

Covalent catalysis is a type of enzymatic catalysis which involves formation of a temporary covalent complex between substrate and a reactive molecule or group. This covalent complex helps in easy catalysis as it is more reactive than the substrate only.

This ultimately increases rate of reaction.

It does so by reducing energy required for the reaction.

Hence, covalent catalysis affects rate of reaction only, not the concentration of product.

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