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Topic starter 14/02/2022 4:57 am
How will antibiotic-producing bacteria not be harmed by the antibiotics they produce?
morphism liked
14/02/2022 12:00 pm
That's because of bacteria's properties, maybe? The bacteria have some resistance to its own antibiotics. The short answer is Evolution) Every living thing, which does something and doesn't harm itself, is a evolution winner. Otherwise, it does not make any sense.
Antony10 liked
14/02/2022 12:52 pm
Antibiotics do their job by acting as a wrench at work. As in all biochemistry, each compound finds its place in the chain and tends to be specific in this regard. This is because biochemical reactions are driven by enzymes and enzymes exhibit very high specificity. It is important.
This means that enzymes catalyze very specific reactions and not others. An example is catalase, which catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen. Does nothing else.
Antibiotics do their job by acting as a wrench at work. As in all biochemistry, each compound finds its place in the chain and tends to be specific in this regard. This is because biochemical reactions are driven by enzymes and enzymes exhibit very high specificity. It is important.
This means that enzymes catalyze very specific reactions and not others. An example is catalase, which catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen. Does nothing else.
Argentum liked
Topic starter 14/02/2022 12:53 pm
@ekaterina-gribacheva @morphism Okay, I got it, thanks)
morphism liked
16/02/2022 1:01 am
In fact, many metabolic pathways have workarounds, blocking one pathway with the same antibiotics, a workaround is implemented