D) Antimetabolite antibiotic

Question 1

sulfonamides are

Answer 1

synthetic analogs of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA)

Question 2

fn of PABA

Answer 2

bacteria use them to synthesize folic acid (vitamin), can’t grow without folate

Question 3

purpose of sulfonamides

Answer 3

because synthesize their folic acid, don’t have a system to take it up like human cells do. bacteria can’t grow