Substances That Plug Up an Enzyme's Active Site Are Enzyme

question 48

Multiple Choice

Substances that plug up an enzyme's active site are enzyme ________.

• A)substrates
• B)inhibitors
• C)catalysts
• D)products

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Definitions:

Quasilinear Preferences

Preferences where utility is a linear function of one good, making the consumer's marginal rate of substitution between goods independent of the level of consumption of that good.

Convex Preferences

Consumer preferences where the consumer prefers averages or mixes of goods to extremes, represented graphically by convex indifference curves.

Monotonic Transformation

A monotonic transformation involves a function that either entirely increases or decreases, preserving the order of the original function’s elements.

Cobb-Douglas Preferences

A utility function used in economics to represent preferences of consumers, characterized by goods being perfect substitutes or complements to some degree.