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

A) allosteric inhibition.
B) competitive inhibition.
C) allosteric activation.
D) noncompetitive inhibition.
E) feedback inhibition.


B
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Section: Basic Chemical Reactions Underlying Metabolism
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