2. WHAT IS PENICILLIN DRUG?
Penicillin are a group of beta-lactam drugs
that mainly works by inhibiting the synthesis
of bacterial cell wall .
They were the first antibiotics discovered by
Alexander fleming in 1928
They are taken from the fungus PENICILLIN
NOTATUM
4. Beta-lactam antibiotics
like Peniclllin works by
interfering with the
synthesis of cell wall
Bacterial cell is
composed of
peptidoglycan
containing NAM and
NAG which makes the
bacteria cell wall rigid
The synthesis of the
bacterial cell wall is
completed by a
enzyme called
Transpeptidase for
cross linking of NAM
and NAG
Penicillin anitibiotics
inhibits the
Transpeptidase so that
cross linking does not
occur by binding to
PENICILLIN-BINDING
PROTEIN
Synthesis action takes
place
Bacteria cell lysis
NAM=N-Acetyl muramic acid
NAG=N-Acetyl glucosamime
MECHANISM OF ACTION:
6. BACTERIA DEVELOP RESISTANCE DUE TO THE DECREASED ABILITY OF THE
DRUG TO PENETRATE THE SIDE OF ACTION
BACTERIA DEVELOP RESISTANCE DUE TO ALTERED PENICILLIN BINDING
PROTEIN MAKING IT LESS AFFINITY FOR BETA LACTAMS
BACTERIA DEVELOP RESISTANCE BECAUSE IT PRODUCES BETA-
LACTAMASES WHICH DESTROYS BETA- LACTAM RINGS
DRUG RESISTANCE TO PENICILLIN: