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Published: 12.05.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays 'Enzymes and Their Properties', 1.
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Coenzymes- organic cofactors, some vitamins. Irreversible Inhibitors- bond to active site and permanently cripple the enzyme. Competitive Inhibitors- substances that prevent an enzyme from functioning by mimicking substrate, can be overcome by adding more substrate. Noncompetitive Inhibitor- substance that prevents an enzyme from functioning, attach at some other place and distort active site so substrate cannot attach.…

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