Question

what is the name of an antibiotic

Answer 1

Antibiotics are the chemicals released by the microbes that inhibit the growth of other microbial species. Examples of antibiotics include penicillins, cephalosporins, quinolones, etc. They are usually classified based on the chemical structure or based on their spectrum of activity.

Antibiotics use different mechanisms to inhibit the growth of the other microbes. Some of them compete with the substrate and prevent them to bind to the enzyme’s active site and thus reduce the effectiveness of the reaction. For example, penicillins act by inhibiting the enzyme transpeptidase, which is necessary for cell wall synthesis.