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JEE Main 2021Chemistry in Everyday Life Question with Solution

JEE Main 2021 (17 Mar Shift 1)

Question

With respect to drug-enzyme interaction, identify the wrong statement:

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Correct answer
CAllosteric inhibitor competes with the enzyme's active site

Step-by-step explanation

Some drugs do not bind to the Enzyme's active site. These bind to a different site of enzyme which called allosteric site.

This binding of inhibitor at allosteric site changes the shape of the active site in such a way that substrate can not recognize it. Such inhibitor is known as Non-competitive inhibitor.

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