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Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

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competitive inhibitor reacts reversibly with the enzyme to form an enzyme-inhibitor complex.

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In competitive inhibition, the inhibitor molecule is not chemically changed by the enzyme.

C
The competitive inhibitor does not affect the rate of breakdown of the enzyme-substrate complex.

D
The presence of the competitive inhibitor decreases the of the enzyme for the substrate.

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[[D] Presence of competitive inhibitor, increase the constant of enzyme (not decrease) while does not affects the as the competitive inhibitor binds at active site, so decrease the affinity of enzyme for it's substrate, so constant increase. If substrate concentration is increased, inhibition over comes and attains normal .
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Question Text
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
Updated OnSep 18, 2023
TopicBiomolecules
SubjectBiology
ClassClass 11
Answer TypeText solution:1 Video solution: 13
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