How does a competitive inhibitor slow enzyme catalysis?

a. They bind to the substrate.
b. They compete with the substrate for the enzyme's active site.
c. They produce products toxic to the enzymes.
d. They degrade the substrate.


Ans: b. They compete with the substrate for the enzyme's active site.

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