Allosteric Enzyme ​
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Cegep1
Biology
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Multi-polypeptide enzyme involved in the regulation of metabolic pathways
Each polypeptide has its own active site.
[!abstract] Regulator
Coll.allosteric activators & inhibitors
[!abstract]+ Allosteric activator / inhibitor
Molecule that weakly binds to an allosteric enzyme and stabilizes its active / inactive form
Never competitive because it doesn't bind to the active site
[!abstract] Allosteric site
Location on an enzyme where a regulator binds
Ajitani Hifumi