competitive inhibition

Definition of abbreviation (noun) -

interference of enzyme action by an abnormal substrate that blocks the normal substrate entering the active site

Part of speech:

Noun

Plural: plural: competitive inhibitions

Example sentences with this word:

Competitive inhibition is a form of reversible enzyme inhibition.

The scale of the amine abnormality is proportional to the degree of hyperphenylalaninaemia and probably depends on the combined effects of competitive inhibition of tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylases (by phenylalanine) and a deficiency of the amino acid substrates for these enzymes.

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