Biology A-Level
competitive inhibition
What competitive inhibition means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of competitive inhibition
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An inhibitor with a similar shape to the substrate binds to the active site, but its effect is reduced by increasing substrate concentration.
Topics that use competitive inhibition
- Many proteins are enzymes (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- activation energy
- active site
- conformational change
- denaturation
- enzyme specificity
- enzyme-substrate complex
- induced fit
- intracellular and extracellular enzymes
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