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How do competitive inhibitors affect the attachment of substrates to enzyme active sites?
Options
- AThey enhance it.
- BThey have no effect on it.
- CThey block it by competing with natural substrates.
- DThey bind to the allosteric site.
Correct answer
C. They block it by competing with natural substrates.
Step-by-step solution
Competitive inhibitors compete with natural substrates for attachment to the active sites of enzymes.