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What is the difference between a competaive inhibitor and an allosteric inhibitor?

April 26, 2017allosteric difference inhibitor

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What is the difference between a competaive inhibitor and an allosteric inhibitor?

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The terms overlap some. All “non-competitive” means is that the inhibitor lowers Vmax without changing Km. An allosteric site is a binding site distinct from the substrate binding or active site. Allosteric binders can activate as well as inhibit.