Diphtheria toxin kills cells by interfering with which of the following processes?
A) adenylate cyclase activity
B) complement function
C) nucleic acid synthesis
D) protein synthesis
E) cytoplasmic membrane function

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Diphtheria toxin kills cells by inhibiting protein synthesis. It does this by ADP-ribosylating elongation factor 2 (EF-2), which is essential for the translocation step in protein synthesis.

Diphtheria Toxin Kills Cells by Interfering with Which of the Following