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What specific term is used to describe the "turning on" of an enzyme ?

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The feedback inhibitor or final product is used to describe the "turning on" of an enzyme. This happens when the final product's concentration is low, the feedback inhibitor, which is also the final product, will move out from the allosteric site in a reaction which is reversible. 
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