Enzyme drama at the molecular level! 🧪 The blue molecule is throwing a fit because the green one (looking way too comfy in that yellow active site) is hogging its enzyme. Classic competitive inhibition in action! Just like finding someone else's butt in your favorite chair, inhibitor molecules can perfectly fit into enzyme active sites without actually doing the chemical reaction. They just block the real substrate and chill there like they own the place. The molecular equivalent of "I was sitting there!" but with actual biochemical consequences!
If It Fits, It Sits: Molecular Squatters
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