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Non-competitive Inhibition

OCR AS-level BiologyEnzymesLesson 15 of 20

Non-competitive inhibitors bind to a site which is not the active site.

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Key terms in this lesson

tertiary structure
The overall three-dimensional shape of a single polypeptide chain, formed and held by bonds between R groups.
active site
The region of an enzyme, with a shape complementary to its substrate, where the substrate binds and the reaction is catalysed.

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