Pharmaceutical Antibiotics - Protein Synthesis Inhibitors

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Protein Synthesis Inhibitors are a group of Pharmaceutical Antibiotics.

 

Underlying Mechanism of Protein Synthesis Inhibitor Pharmaceutical Antibiotics

 Protein Synthesis Inhibitors inhibit/kill may types of Bacteria - Detrimental (and also Beneficial Bacteria as an unwanted side effect) by inhibiting Protein synthesis within Detrimental Bacteria.  This is achieved by them acting on Ribosomes in the Detrimental Bacteria:

 Bacteria possess 70S Ribosomes whereas humans and other mammals possess 80S Ribosomes.  This permits Protein Synthesis Inhibitor Pharmaceutical Antibiotics to inhibit Protein Synthesis within Bacteria without having a major effect on human Ribosomes.

 

Groups of Protein Synthesis Inhibitor Pharmaceutical Antibiotics

 Aminoglycosides

 Lincosamines

 Macrolides

 Tetracyclines

 

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