The Presence of a Negative Allosteric Effector on an Allosteric

question 22

Multiple Choice

The presence of a negative allosteric effector on an allosteric protein would:

• A) cause a shift to the left in the sigmoidal curve.
• B) increase the number of R conformations.
• C) decrease the cooperativity of the substrate.
• D) raise the apparent value of the equilibrium constant, L.
• E) increase the likelihood of the binding of S.

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