Ncert Exercises & Solutions

Select the correct option based on statements below:

Assertion (A):	Competitive inhibitors compete with the natural substrate for their attachment to the active sites of enzymes.
Reason (R):	In competitive inhibition, the inhibitor binds to the allosteric site of the enzyme.

1.	Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
2.	Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
3.	Both (A) and (R) are false.
4.	(A) is true but (R) is false.