Microbiology: An Introduction, 11th Edition

by Tortora, Gerard J.; Funke, Berdell R.; Case, Christine L.

Published by Benjamin Cummings

ISBN 10: 0321733606

ISBN 13: 978-0-32173-360-3

Chapter 5 - Figure 5.7 - Enzyme inhibitors - Question - Page 118: 1

Answer

A competitive inhibitor is chemically similar to the substrate and forms a complex at the activity site which results in an enzyme inhibitor complex. A non-competitive inhibitor is structurally different from the substrate and does not form an enzyme-inhibitor complex.

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