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Markossian S, Grossman A, Arkin M, et al., editors. Assay Guidance Manual [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): Eli Lilly & Company and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences; 2004-.

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Table 1:

Summary of competitive, non-competitive and uncompetitive inhibition models.

InhibitionDescriptionKiKiKi’/Ki
CompetitiveThe inhibitor binds only to free enzyme. This binding most often occurs in the active site at the precise location where substrate or cofactor (being evaluated in the MOA study) also binds.finiteInfiniteinfinite
MixedThese inhibitors display properties of both competitive and noncompetitive inhibition.finiteFinite> 1
NoncompetitiveThe inhibitor binds equally well to both free enzyme and the enzyme-substrate complex. Consequently, these binding events occur outside the active site.finiteFinite= 1
UncompetitiveThe inhibitor binds only to the enzyme-substrate complex at a location outside the active site.infiniteFinite= 0

From: Mechanism of Action Assays for Enzymes

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