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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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Penicillins inhibit which of the following bacterial processes/compounds
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The correct answer is  PENICILLINS Mechanism of action All b-lactam antibiotics interfere with the synthesis of bacterial cell wall. The b-lactam antibiotics inhibit the trans- peptidases so that cross linking (which maintains the close knit structure of the cell wall) does not take place. These enzymes and related proteins constitute the penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) which have been located in the bacterial cell membrane. Ref:- kd tripathi; pg num:-716,717