A competitive inhibitor of succinic dehydrogenase is
- -ketoglutarate
- malate
- malonate
- oxaloacetate
Answer
(3) malonate
Solution
As per NCERT, when the inhibitor closely resembles the substrate in its molecular structure and inhibits the activity of the enzyme, it is known as a competitive inhibitor.
⇒ As per NCERT, e.g., inhibition of succinic dehydrogenase by malonate, which closely resembles the substrate succinate in structure.
∵ Malonate competes with succinate for the active site of the enzyme,
∴ malonate is the competitive inhibitor of succinic dehydrogenase.
Answer: (3)