Here is the full quesiton: Streptomycin (an antibiotic) binds to the small ribosomal subunit of bacteria (but not to the ribosomes of the host cells infected by bacteria). The result is the misreading of bacteria mRNA and the breakup of polysomes. What process is being affected, and how does this kill the bacterial cells?
Bacteria and Antibiotics(how does bacteria cell die?)?
Protein synthesis is being disrupted.
Bacterial structure and enzyme function relies on having the right proteins ... including the process of reproduction.
Reply:It prevents replication. Their life span is short so the "colony" dies off.
Reply:Ribosomes synthesize proteins. Proteins are the "cellular machinery"; they are constantly being synthesized, and play many essential structural and enzymatic roles within the cell. Streptomycin disrupts protein synthesis, and thereby eventually kills the cell.
Reply:Streptomycin inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by binding to the bacterial ribosome. The bacterial cell can not function or replicate.
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