How does an enzyme function just a little worse over its optimal temperature, and how does its functionality not just drop to zero?

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Why is it that when an enzyme gets too hot, even though it’s supposed to denature, its efficiency just goes down a little before really taking a dip? What is going on during that little temperature range where the efficiency slowly goes down but doesn’t plummet if it is supposed to be being denatured?

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