Enzyme Competitors/Inhibitors

What is the term used when chemicals prevent enzymes from functioning properly?

• Enzyme facilitation

• Enzyme encouragement

• Enzyme inhibition

• Enzyme activation

What do competitive inhibitors compete with?

• Active sites

• Enzymes

• Reactions

• Substrates

Which type of inhibition involves the inhibitor blocking the active site?

• Competitive inhibition

• Non-competitive inhibition

• Substrate inhibition

• Reactive inhibition

Where does a non-competitive inhibitor bind on an enzyme?

• Active site

• Substrate site

• Inhibitor site

• Allosteric site

What effect does a non-competitive inhibitor have on an enzyme?

• Changes its location

• Changes its size

• Changes its color

• Changes its shape