Table 82 -An Antibiotic That Binds the 50S Portion of the Ribosome

question 27

Multiple Choice

Table 8.2 $$\begin{array}{l}\underline{\text { Codon on mRNA and corresponding amino acid }}\\\begin{array} { l l l l } \text { UUA } & \text { leucine } & \text { UAA } & \text { nonsense } \\\text { GCA } & \text { alanine } & \text { AAU } & \text { sparagine } \\\text { AAG } & \text { lysine } & \text { UGC } & \text { cysteine } \\\text { GUU } & \text { valine } & \text { UCG, UCU } & \text { serine }\end{array}\end{array}$$
-An antibiotic that binds the 50S portion of the ribosome as shown above would

• A) Prevent peptide bond formation.
• B) Prevent tRNA attachment.
• C) Prevent transcription.
• D) Stop the ribosome from moving along the mRNA.
• E) None of the above.