suicide inhibitor
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suicide inhibitor
[′sü·ə‚sīd in′hib·əd·ər] (biochemistry)
A compound which resembles the normal substrate for an enzyme, but which interacts with the enzyme to form a covalent bond and thus inactivates the enzyme.
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