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Chapter 15, Problem 3VCQ
Figure 15.16 Many antibiotics inhibit bacterial protein synthesis. For example, tetracycline blocks the A site on the bacterial ribosome, and chloramphenicol blocks peptidyl transfer. What specific effect would you expect each of these antibiotics to have on protein synthesis? Tetracycline would directly affect:
- tRNA binding to the ribosome
- ribosome assembly
- growth of the protein chain Chloramphenicol would directly affect
- tRNA binding to the ribosome
- ribosome assembly
- growth of the protein chain
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Antibiotic X binds to the 50S ribosomal subunit of 70S ribosomes and blocks normal ribosomal function. Which of the following is true of this drug?
It would interfere with protein synthesis in bacteria, but not affect eukaryotic ribosomes.
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Chapter 15 Solutions
Biology 2e
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