Question

Of the choices below, why is protein synthesis an attractive target for the development of antibiotics? Proteins perform virtually every function of a cell, serving as both functional and structural elements, thus messing with their synthesis would lead to cell death O Protein synthesis is not typically a target for the production of antibiotics O Different amino acids are used by pathogens to build their proteins Proteins produced by pathogens are easily distinguished and eliminated by the host's immune system

Answer 1

proteins produced by pathogens are easily distinguished and eliminated by the host's immune system.

antibiotics target the ribosomes and inhibit the protein synthesis . ( antibiotics such as chloramphenicol, ampicillin , penicillin, tetracycline and so on ).

bacterial proteins are different from host proteins and the host immune system distinguish between self and non self cell and target the non self cell.