Question

Some drugs bind to a site other than the active site of an enzyme. This site is known as ______.

Options

• non-active site 

• allosteric site 

• competitive site 

• therapeutic site

Answer 1

Some drugs bind to a site other than the active site of an enzyme. This site is known as allosteric site.

Explanation:

The area where subsrate molecules bind is known as an active site. The allosteric site is where chemicals acting as activators or inhibitors attach to enzymes to either activate or inhibit them.