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.

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Sulfanilamide competes with the substrate for binding to the active site of the enzyme, which is characteristic of competitive inhibition.

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