B1.9.1 - Competitive Inhibitors
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What are enzyme inhibitors?
substances that directly or indirectly interfere with the functioning of the active site of an enzyme
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What are substances that directly or indirectly interfere with the functioning of the active site of an enzyme?
inhibitors
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What do competitive inhibitors do?
bind to the active site of an enzyme
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Which type of inhibitor binds to the active site of an enzyme?
competitive
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Why are competitive inhibitors so called?
they compete with the substrate for available active sites
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What can you increase to compensate for the effects of competitive inhibitors?
substrate concentration
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Why does increasing the substrate concentration compensate for the effect of competitive inhibitors?
more likely to form enzyme-substrate complexes
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