You are studying the effects of the addition of a potential pharmaceutical compound on the activity of your enzyme of interest. You find that the addition of the compound results in an increase in the K_m of the reaction but does not affect the V_max . Which of the following defines the inhibitory action of the compound? A) competitive B) noncompetitive C) suicide D) uncompetitive

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The increase in K_m without a change in V_max suggests competitive inhibition, where the inhibitor competes with the substrate for the active site.

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