Consider an enzyme catalyzed reaction taking place in an aqueous solution. If the earlier process of folding the enzyme results in a large decrease in the entropy of the system, how would this impact the rate of the catalyzed reaction.

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 Consider an enzyme catalyzed reaction taking place in an aqueous solution. If the earlier process of folding the enzyme results in a large decrease in the entropy of the system, how would this impact the rate of the catalyzed reaction.

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