Oxaloacetate is an inhibitor of succinate dehydrogenase:

Question

a. Would you expect oxaloacetate to be a competitive or a noncompetitive inhibitor? Why?

b. Would oxaloacetate bind to the active site or elsewhere on the enzyme?

c. How would you reverse the effect of the inhibitor?

Answer 1

competitive. non covalent binding.

oxaloacetate bind to the active site.

increase substrate concentration.