Met.biochem L7 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What do antibiotics do? | -affect protein synthesis -interact W cell membrane -useful for ones that target bacteria wall |
what antibiotic targets bacteria wall? | -penicillin |
Effects of penicillin | -bacteria osmotically unstable -lyse |
Park nucleotides | -UDP W NAMA(short peptide) & NAG |
UTP | -carrier of glycopeptides -form rigid wall of bacteria |
Bands of polysaccharides | -B1-4linkages -btwn NAMA & NAG in 1 direction |
Peptidoglycan | -rigid wall formed to prevent swelling/shrinking |
penicillin on bacteria | -transpeptidase inhibitor -blocks formation of X-links |
B-lactam bond | -structural analogue of D-ala bond -in penicillin |
Co-existence of B-lactams & B-lactamases... | -indicates evolution of microorganisms which seek to secure own ecological niches against competitors |
Vancomycin | -prevents hydrolsis & X-linking -attaches to D-ala -favoured->resistant strains are rare |
Resistant transfer (Via sex-pilus) | -bacteria have plasmid with resistance -transferred readily |
Nucleotide analogues | -deficient nucleic acid -inhibit polymerases -effect R/DNA prod. |
intercalating compounds | -stabilise helix -harder to separate for DNA replication |
Erythromycin | -translocation -tetracycline -Blocks site A |
Chloramphenicol | -peptidyl transferase -forms bonds between aa at A&P site |
Mitochondrial ribosomes | -antibiotics effect these -anaemia first sign |
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