The document discusses enzyme inhibition in bacteria and cellular respiration. It describes the enzyme DHPS, which is involved in folic acid production in bacteria and is inhibited by the drug sulfonamide. Sulfonamide acts as a competitive inhibitor because its structure is similar to PABA, the substrate of DHPS, allowing it to bind to the active site. The document also discusses succinate dehydrogenase, an enzyme in respiration that is competitively inhibited by malonate. Increasing the concentration of succinate relative to malonate would lessen the inhibitory effect.