If you were working for a pharmaceutical company as part of a drug discovery team, which of these enzyme inhibitors would you suggest as a productive avenue for drug development?
A. a drug to treat high blood pressure that reversibly inhibits an enzyme catalyzing production of a chemical that causes blood vessels to contract
B. a drug to treat diabetes that irreversibly inhibits an enzyme in the metabolic pathway to synthesize glucose
C. a compound that acts as a competitive inhibitor for a digestive enzyme produced only in the presence of certain foods
D. a compound that inhibits enzymes by significantly changing the pH throughout the body
Answer:A
If you were working for a pharmaceutical company as part of a drug discovery team, which of these enzyme inhibitors would you suggest as a productive avenue for drug development?
A. a drug to treat high blood pressure that reversibly inhibits an enzyme catalyzing production of a chemical that causes blood vessels to contract B. a drug to treat diabetes that irreversibly inhibits an enzyme in the metabolic pathway to synthesize glucose C. a compound that acts as a competitive inhibitor for a digestive enzyme produced only in the presence of certain foods D. a compound that inhibits enzymes by significantly changing the pH throughout the body