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05/09/2020 4:01 pm
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An example of competitive inhibition of an enzyme is the inhibition of
(a) succinic dehydrogenase by malonic acid
(b) cytochrome oxidase by cyanide
(c) hexokinase by glucose-6-phosphate
(d) carbonic anhydrase by carbon dioxide
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05/09/2020 4:02 pm
(a) succinic dehydrogenase by malonic acid
Explanation:
Enzyme inhibition caused by a substance resembling substrate molecule through blocking its active site is competitive inhibition. Malonate closely resembles succinate in structure that inhibits the action of succinic dehydrogenase.