If You Were Working for a Pharmaceutical Company as Part

question 34

Multiple Choice

If you were working for a pharmaceutical company as part of a drug discovery team, which of these enzyme inhibitors would you suggest as a productive avenue for drug development?

• A) a drug to treat high blood pressure that reversibly inhibits an enzyme catalyzing production of a chemical that causes blood vessels to contract
• B) a drug to treat diabetes that irreversibly inhibits an enzyme in the metabolic pathway to synthesize glucose
• C) a compound that acts as a competitive inhibitor for a digestive enzyme produced only in the presence of certain foods
• D) a compound that inhibits enzymes by significantly changing the pH throughout the body