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You have an irreversible inhibitor (cannot disassemble from the enzyme) to a reaction in which you have an enzyme and a substrate. The reaction has stopped completely. Your boss tells you that you need to initiate the reaction again. What can you do to regain the activity of the enzyme

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Answer:

You would need to add new enzyme.

Step-by-step explanation:

The irreversible inhibitor permanently renders the enzyme inactive, so the only way would be to add more enzyme.

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