enzyme inhibitors

Question 1

competitive inhibitors

Answer 1

inhibitor binds to active site as its complementary preventing substrate from binding; resulting in an enzyme-inhibitor complex

Question 2

how can you combat competitive inhibitors

Answer 2

increasing substrate concentration will out compete inhibitor,

Question 3

non-competitive inhibitors

Answer 3

inhibitor attaches to enzyme molecule and changes active site shape, so enzyme-substrate complex is unable to form, reducing the rate of reaction