Tetanus is also commonly called lockjaw, because the infection primarily causes muscle contractions in the jaw and neck, but can eventually spread to other parts of the body. Without treatment, tetanus infection can be life-threatening.
Competitive inhibitors. The inhibitor (I) competes with the substrate (S) for the enzyme active site (also known as the S-binding site). Binding of either of these molecules in the active site is a mutually exclusive event. The substrate and inhibitor share a high degree of structural similarity.
The inhibitor chemicallyresembles a (one of the) substrate(s) and binds in the active site in the same way as thesubstrate(s) binds. The inhibitor, however, has a functional group, ususally a leaving group,that is replaced by a nucleophile in the enzyme active site.herefore thistype of inhibition is called suicide inhibition or affinity labeling and the inhibitor is called a suicide inhibitor. This reaction with the suicide inhibitor removes active enzyme from the system; this removal is measured as inhibition.