D Question 10 1 pts Challenge question. An enzyme inhibitor is added to a soluti

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D Question 10 1 pts Challenge question. An enzyme inhibitor is added to a solution. Unfortunately. you do not remember whether it was a competitive or non competitive inhibitor. To discover what tvpe was added, you decide to conduct an experiment. You know that normally, the solution of enzymes would be able to complete 10 reactions/sec you have 1 mole of solute. Currently. with 1 mole of solute, the solution can complete five reactions/ sec. You add 2 more moles of solute but see that the reaction speed remains the same (5 rxns/sec). en Thus the inhibitor was a Non competitive inhibitor ubmit Qu

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The inhibitor was a Non competative inhibitor.

Competitive inhibitors competes for binding to the active site of substrate. It slows down enzyme action by acting at the active site so as to prevent substrate binding and the reaction cannot be catalysed by the enzyme.

Non-competitive inhibitors don't compete for binding to the active site of substrate as they act at a site other than the active site on the enzyme molecule.

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