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Substance X could bind to the enzyme at a site other than the active site. When the inhibitor binds to the inhibitor bind site (also known as the allosteric site) the conformation of the enzyme could change so that the substrate can no longer bind to the active site of the enzyme and catalysis can no longer occur.
