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Competitive inhibitor
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Description: Inhibition of enzymes can be either reversible or irreversible.

A competitive inhibitor competes with substrate for the enzyme active site.

It increases the apparent KM.

Both substrate and inhibitor can fit the active site.

Substrate can be processed by the enzyme, but inhibitor cannot.

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