Multiple choice

Which of the following decribes the mode of action of Penicillin?

  1. To inhibit the cell wall synthesis

  2. To inhibit the protein synthesis

  3. To damage the plasma membrane

  4. To inhibit the nucleic acid synthesis

  5. To inhibit the synthesis of essential metabolites
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Explanation

Penicillin prevents the synthesis of peptidoglycan, found in cell wall of bacteria and thereby, the cell wall greatly weakened and cell undergoes lysis.

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