Figure 20.2

-The antibiotic chloramphenicol binds to the 50S subunit of the ribosome,as shown in Figure 20.2.The effect is to

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Figure 20.2
 
-The antibiotic chloramphenicol binds to the 50S subunit of the ribosome,as shown in Figure 20.2.The effect is to

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Chloramphenicol inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by binding to the 50S subunit of the ribosome, which prevents peptide bond formation between amino acids and thus inhibits bacterial growth. It has no effect on eukaryotic protein synthesis as their ribosomes differ slightly from prokaryotic ones.

Figure 20.2 -The Antibiotic Chloramphenicol Binds to the 50S Subunit of the 50S