Chapter 22, Problem 85E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The following structure of the real nucleotide and the AZT fake nucleotide. And one way to fight viral infections is to prevent a virus from replicating its DNA. Without DNA replication, the virus cannot multiply. Some viral drug therapies cause the introduction of take nucleotides into cells. When the virus uses one of these fake nucleotides in an attempt to replicate its DNA, the fake nucleotide doesn't work, and viral DNA replication is halted. For example, azidothymidine (AZT), a drug used to fight the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, results in the introduction of the following fake thymine-containing nucleotide nucleotide into cells. Propose a mechanism for this fake nucleotide that halt DNA replication.

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