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Also known as enzyme inhibitors

molecule that binds to an enzyme and decreases its activity

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It is catalogued under topics including Biochemical reactions, Enzyme inhibitors and Medicinal chemistry.

Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.

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Top: enzyme (E) accelerates conversion of substrates (S) to products (P). Bottom: by binding to the enzyme, inhibitor (I) blocks binding of substrate. Binding site shown in blue checkerboard, substrate as black rectangle, and inhibitor as green rounded rectangle.

An enzyme inhibitor is a molecule that binds to an enzyme and blocks its activity. Enzymes are proteins that speed up chemical reactions necessary for life, in which substrate molecules are converted into products. An enzyme facilitates a specific chemical reaction by binding the substrate to its active site, a specialized area on the enzyme that accelerates the most difficult step of the reaction.

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