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What is malonate an enzyme inhibitor of?
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Malonate is a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme succinate dehydrogenase. It's shape is complementary to the active site of succinate dehydrogenase and hence competes with succinate (the substrate for succinate dehydrogenase).
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