1. Enzyme function can be altered through various processes, including pharmacol

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1. Enzyme function can be altered through various processes, including pharmacological inhibitors. By using an enzyme kinetic curve that measure enzyme activity in relation to substrate concentration, one can determine how a particular inhibitor impedes enzyme activity. Using your understanding of enzyme kinetics, identify which curve was generated by a competitive inhibitor and which one was generated by a non-competitive inhibitor. Provide an explanation for how you came to your conclusion. Control (No inhibitor) Inhibitor "A" 0 Inhibitor "B" Substrate concentration

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Inhibitor A seems to be the competitive innhibitor because the maximum rate of reaction remains the same as the normal because there is a competition b/w substrate and inhibitor to bind to active site of enzyme so reaction is still occuring so there is not much change in rate of reaction.

Inhibitor B on the other hand seems to be a non competitive inhibitor because this type of inhibition involves the binding of inhibitor to the enzyme at a site other than its active site due to which there is a change in conformation of active site. In this case, as the reaction occurs, rate of reaction decreases because the inhibitor is binding to the enzyme and less enzyme is available for catalysis.

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