End Products of Biosynthetic Pathways Often Act to Block the Initial

question 82

Multiple Choice

End products of biosynthetic pathways often act to block the initial step in that pathway. This phenomenon is called

• A) allosteric inhibition.
• B) denaturation.
• C) branch pathway inhibition.
• D) feedback inhibition.
• E) binary inhibition.

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