Podiatry and Medical - Set 1

Answer − D − The enzyme that is inhibited by drugs of the class to which amoxicillin belongs is transpeptidase. All of the beta-lactam antibiotics (penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems, monobactams) inhibit one of the final steps in the synthesis of the bacterial cell wall, cross-linking of peptidoglycan chains by transpeptidase