Question

Many new drugs developed by pharmaceutical companies are enzyme inhibitors. Which best summarizes the function of these inhibitors?
decrease enzyme binding affinity by blocking the active site or altering the enzyme shape

aggressively compete for the active site of on a membrane, thereby altering the needed fit

attack and destroy misshaped enzymes, which increased the reproduction rate of functioning enzymes

change the enzyme shape to increase reaction rate

Answer 1

Decreasing enzyme binding affinity by blocking the active site.