You Are a Researcher Trying to Design an Enzyme Inhibitor

question 57

Multiple Choice

You are a researcher trying to design an enzyme inhibitor for a particular enzyme. Which molecule should your inhibitor most closely resemble for the most effective inhibition to take place?

• A)the enzyme's final product
• B)the enzyme's initial substrate
• C)the transition state intermediate produced during enzyme-substrate interaction
• D)the transition state intermediate produced during enzyme-product release

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