Many Metabolic Pathways Involve Multistep Reactions

question 50

Multiple Choice

Many metabolic pathways involve multistep reactions.Consider the following pathway. Which of the following would be an example of feedback inhibition?

• A) the product of the final reaction, F, interacting with E₁.
• B) F interacting with an allosteric site in E₄.
• C) B interacting with an allosteric site in E₁.
• D) all of the intermediates or products in the reaction interacting with the active site in E_1.

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