Understanding Inhibitors

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Questions
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1

What inhibitor type prevents catalysis by noncovalently binding to an enzyme's active site?

2

Which of the following statements is true concerning competitive inhibitors?

3

If a noncompetitive inhibitor in solution were affecting enzyme activity, then what would be the effect of adding additional substrate to the enzyme solution?

4

Some enzymes have a direct function of catalyzing a reaction within a cell. Other enzymes simply change their fellow enzymes.

Enzyme X is found in a certain cell and is normally active. At a certain point, the cell creates enzyme X inhibitor, which inhibits enzyme X. What can be concluded about the cell following the synthesis of the inhibitor?

5

An inhibitor changes an enzyme's function by which of the following mechanisms?

6

An alien cell forms the byproduct, Compoound A. Compound A acts as an inhibitor for the formation of Protien B. Scientists discovered that if they increased the concentration of the building blocks for Protein B, the inhibitory properties of Compound A could be negated. Which process explains this mechanism?

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