Cyanide kills animlas by inhibiting cyt...

Cyanide kills animlas by inhibiting cytochrome oxidase (an enzyme of respiration) by binding irreversibly with copper. It does not bind with active site. This is an example of

A

competitive inhinition

B

non competitive inhibition

C

feed back inhibition

D

all of the above

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The correct Answer is:

B

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