One Way NGonorrhoeae Became Resistant to Penicillin Was by Acquiring a Plasmid

One way N.gonorrhoeae became resistant to penicillin was by acquiring a plasmid that carries the pen^r penicillin resistance gene, which encodes a protein that

A) allows cells to synthesize penicillin.
B) cleaves penicillin to an inactive form.
C) pumps penicillin out of the cell.
D) attaches penicillin to the cell wall.