Sulfanilamide Is an Antimicrobial Drug That Mimics the Shape of an Important

Multiple Choice

Sulfanilamide is an antimicrobial drug that mimics the shape of an important substrate for a particular bacterial enzyme, thereby inhibiting the enzyme. This type of inhibition is known as

A) competitive inhibition.
B) excitatory allosteric control.
C) feedback inhibition.
D) noncompetitive inhibition.
E) allosteric inhibition.