Question

Sulfanilamide is an antimicrobial drug that mimics the shape of an important substrate for a particular bacterial enzyme, thereby inhibiting the enzyme. This type of inhibition is known as ?

Answer 1

Competitive inhibitors

Step-by-step explanation:

When a substrate similar to an enzyme attaches to an enzyme's active site, the substrate will be processed differently without forming a product. Such mimicking substrates are known as competitive inhibitors. Competitive inhibitors bind the active site of an enzyme, preventing a real substrate from binding and a product from being formed.