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4- Once in the active site, the beta-lactam ring of the antibiotic springs open, permanently inactivating the sensitive enzyme. The resistant enzyme, however, is totally unaffected; it is free to continue carrying out its normal function in the
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2- Both enzymes carry out normal functions in the bacterial cell. (In this case, the enzymes are depicted making cross-links in the bacterial cell wall, a function which is crucial to bacterial cell survival and replication.)
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1- Both enzymes are structurally similar, but differ in the kind of substances they will allow in their active sites. (The differences between the two may actually be much more subtle than what is implied by the image.)
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of the enzyme, the bacteria may evolve to produce an enzyme that will not allow the antibiotic to bind to its active site. (This diagram is modeled specifically on the way some strains of
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3- The beta-lactam antibiotic fits in the active site of the antibiotic-sensitive enzyme, but not in that of the resistant enzyme.
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Diagram depicting one recognized way in which bacteria may be resistant to
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Action of vancomycin and resistance via alteration of peptide side-chains.
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of the enzyme, the bacteria may evolve to produce an enzyme th
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Resistance to penicillin via modified cross-linking enzyme.
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Cross-linking of bacteria cell wall with no antibiotics.
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Cross-linking of bacteria cell wall with no antibiotics.
Action of penicillin
Resistance to penicillin via modified cross-linking enzyme.
Action of vancomycin and resistance via alteration of peptide side-chains.
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