A patient is administered penicillin V orally for a strep throat. What is the mechanism of action of this medication?
A) It inhibits protein synthesis.
B) It lowers the pH of cellular contents.
C) It causes mutations.
D) It inhibits cell wall synthesis.
D
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Beta-lactam antibacterial drugs inhibit synthesis of bacterial cell walls by binding to proteins in bacterial cell membranes. Penicillin V does not inhibit protein synthesis, cause mutations, or lower the pH of a bacterium's cellular contents.
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