Understand competitive and noncompetitive inhibition - AP Biology

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Which of the following is true regarding competitive and noncompetitive inhibition?

I. Both can be overcome by increasing the substrate concentration

II. Competitive inhibition induces changes to the active site

III. Noncompetitive inhibition has no effect on the enzyme affinity for substrates

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Statement I is false because increasing the substrate concentration will only help overcome competitive inhibition. Noncompetitive inhibition can only be overcome if the inhibitor is removed from the enzyme.

Statement II is also false because competitive inhibitors do not change the active site. They bind to the active site and prevent substrates from binding. Noncompetitive inhibitors bind elsewhere on the enzyme and alter the shape of the active site, thereby preventing substrate binding.

Statement III is true because noncompetitive inhibition does not affect the enzyme affinity for substrates. The enzyme still has the same affinity, but the substrates can’t bind because of the altered active site.

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