When reviewing the mechanism of action of a specific drug, the nurse reads that the drug works by selective enzyme interaction. Which of these processes describes selective enzyme interaction?
a. The drug alters cell membrane permeabil-ity.
b. The drug's effectiveness within the cell walls of the target tissue is enhanced.
c. The drug is attracted to a receptor on the cell wall, preventing an enzyme from binding to that receptor.
d. The drug binds to an enzyme molecule and inhibits or enhances the enzyme's ac-tion with the normal target cell.
ANS: D
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