Multiple choice

Allostery is a general mechanism of regulation in biology. Which of the following is regarded as a special case of allostery?

  1. Chemical specificity

  2. Communal aggregation

  3. Cooperative binding

  4. Pseudorotation

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Cooperative binding is a special case of allostery. Cooperative binding requires that the macromolecule have more than one binding site, since cooperativity results from the interactions between binding sites.