Enzyme Inhibition + Inhibitors slow down the rate of a reaction. Sometimes this is a necessary way of making sure that the reaction does not proceed too fast, but at other times it is undesirable. , ap ‘The two types of inhibition we 1 \@@ will look at are competitive (shown on the left) and non- competitive.Competitive Inhibition Have a similar structure to the substrate Bind temporarily with the active site Prevent the substrate from entering Rate of reaction closer to the maximum when there is more of the substrate Level of inhibition depends on the relative concentrations of substrate and inhibitor. This is because substrate and inhibitor are competing for the active site + (e.g. arabinose competes with glucose for the active sites on glucose oxidase enzyme).Competitive Inhibition of an Enzyme (a) Reaction Substrate Z ) @ Active g site Enzyme: Enzyme binds substrate Enzyme releases products (b) Inhibi Inhibitor P 06 é Enzyme binds inhibitor Inhibitor competes with substrate