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Summary
| Description |
English:
An enzyme binding site that would normally bind substrate can alternatively bind a
competitive inhibitor
, preventing substrate access.
Dihydrofolate reductase
is inhibited by
methotrexate
which prevents binding of its substrate,
folic acid
. Binding site in blue, inhibitor in green, and substrate in black. (
PDB
:
4QI9
)
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| Date | |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | Thomas Shafee |
| Other versions | For vector version, see File:DHFR methotrexate inhibitor.svg |
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