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A patient comes into the emergency room having accidentally ingested methanol (a component in anti-freeze) .The products of methanol degradation are toxic,and can lead to blindness,neurological issues,or death.However,if methanol degradation can be slowed down,the toxic by-products do not have a chance to accumulate.ADH has a higher affinity to ethanol,where it functions to oxidize ethanol into acetaldehyde with the end product of the pathway being acetic acid (vinegar) .
-This treatment functions under the principle of
A) competitive inhibition.
B) non-competitive inhibition.
C) feedback inhibition.
D) allosteric inhibition.
E) there is no treatment.
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