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JEE Main 2022 — Chemistry In Everyday Life Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Morning Shift

Question

Statements about Enzyme Inhibitor Drugs are given below :

(A) There are Competitive and Non-competitive inhibitor drugs.

(B) These can bind at the active sites and allosteric sites.

(C) Competitive Drugs are allosteric site blocking drugs.

(D) Non-competitive Drugs are active site blocking drugs.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Choose an option

Show full solutionCorrect option: C
Correct answer
C(A), (B) only

Step-by-step explanation

Drugs can inhibit the attachment of substrate on active site of Enzyme in two ways.

(1) Competitive, (2) Non-competitive

Competitive inhibitors bind on the active site of Enzymes. Non-Competitive inhibitors bind on allosteric site.

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