end-product inhibition
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end-product inhibition
[¦end ‚präd·əkt ‚in·ə′bish·ən] (biochemistry)
In sequential enzyme systems, a control mechanism in which accumulation of final product from a metabolic reaction causes inhibition of product formation.
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