Antibiotics

Question 0

Streptomycin

Answer 0

Prevents the transition from translation initiation to chain elongation and also causes miscoding

Question 1

Tetracycline

Answer 1

Blocks binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the A site of the ribosome

Question 2

Chloramphenicol

Answer 2

Blocks the peptidyl transferase reaction on ribosomes

Question 3

Erythromycin

Answer 3

Binds in the exit channel of the ribosomes and thereby inhibits the elongation of the peptide chain

Question 4

Rifamycin

Answer 4

Blocks initiation of RNA chains by binding to RNA polymerase (blocks RNA synthesis)