A Lineweaver-Burk Plot Displays Parallel Lines for an Enzyme in the Absence

question 10

Multiple Choice

A Lineweaver-Burk plot displays parallel lines for an enzyme in the absence and presence of increasing amounts of an inhibitor.The inhibitor in this experiment

• A) binds both the free enzyme and the ES complex.
• B) is competitive.
• C) alters the K_m but not the v_max.
• D) is uncompetitive.

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