1.

A competitive inhibitor of an enzyme is usually

a. A highly reactive compound
b. A metal ion
c. Structurally similar to the substrate
d. Water insoluble
Answer: C

2. Linear inhibitor is sometimes called as

a. Competitive inhibition
b. incomplete inhibition
c. Partial inhibition
d. Mixed inhibition
Answer: A

3. The effect of non-competitive inhibition on a lineweaver-burk plot is that

a. It can move the entire curve to the right
b. It can change the y-intercept
c. It can change the x-intercept
d. All of these
Answer: D

4. The rate determining step of a michaelis menten kinetics is

a. The complex formation step
b. The complex dissociation step to produce the product
c. The product formation step
d. Both a and c

Answer: B