KROK 1 2013 – Question 25 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
Some infectious diseases caused by bacteria are treated with sulfanilamides which block the synthesis of bacteria growth factor. What is the mechanism of their action?
- A. They are allosteric enzymes
- B. They are allosteric enzyme inhibitors
- C. They inhibit the absorption of folic acid
- D. They are antivitamins of para-amino benzoic acid
- E. They are involved in redox processes
Hint
Ask what bacteria must synthesise themselves that humans obtain from the diet, and how a drug could interfere with building it.
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