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Non-competitive Inhibition

Non-competitive inhibitors bind to a site which is not the active site.This binding to the allosteric site changes the tertiary structure(shape) of the enzyme's active site and the substrate is no longer complementary to the shape of the active site.Increasing the substrate concentration on the inhibited enzymes has no effect on the rate of reaction. The rate of reaction does not reach its maximum Vmax.

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Specification: OCR Biology A (H020), AS-level, 2.1.4 Enzymes. Topic: Enzymes.

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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