Enzyme that inactivates streptomycin - Biology Forum

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- April 6, 2012 at 5:29 am #16325
  Layd33foxx
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  Why do you suppose Streptomyces griseus produces an enzyme that inactivates streptomycin?Why is this enzyme produced early in metabolism?
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- April 7, 2012 at 5:30 am #110532
  underwzc
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  Streptomycin is an antibiotic that kills bacterial species. Therefore, S. griseus produces the enzyme to not be killed. This is an example of antibiotic resistance.
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