🔬 MCAT Exam Prep

Competitive enzyme inhibitors affect which kinetic parameter?

A Vmax only
B Km only (increases it)
C Both Vmax and Km
D Neither

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Competitive inhibitors increase the apparent Km (lower apparent affinity) but do not change Vmax, because at saturating substrate concentrations the inhibitor is outcompeted.

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