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What are the competitive enzyme inhibitors ? Mention one example.

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When the inhibitor closely resembles the substrate in its molecular structure and inhibits the activity of the enzyme, it is known as competitive inhibitor.
Eg : Inhibition of succinic dehydrogenase by malonate which closely resembles the substrate succinic in structure.
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