ENZYME ACTION, ENZYME INHIBITION

Q. What is specificity of enzyme action?

Ans:     Enzymes are specific in action, they act on specific

substrate.

Q.        What is enzyme inhibition?

Ans:     The presence of certain substances in an enzyme

catalysed reaction may reduce the reaction rate by interfering with formation or breakdown of enzyme- substrate complex. This phenomenon is called as enzyme- inhibition.

Q. What are major types of inhibition?

Ans:    There are two major types of enzyme inhibition.

(i)                 Competitive inhibition.

(ii)               Non-competitive inhibition.

Q.        Write down some of enzyme inhibitors?

Ans:     Mercury, Penicillin, Aspirin, Sarin etc.