The combination of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid into the drug known as Augmentin is widely used as an antibacterial agent. The purpose of amoxicillin in this drug is to target _____, which catalyzes crosslinking of peptidoglycan, and the purpose of clavulanic acid in this drug is to target _____, which normally would inactivate the amoxicillin. Both of these compounds act as _____ inhibitors of enzyme function.
A.
transpeptidase; hexokinase; competitive
B.
peptidoglycanase; b lactamase; uncompetitive
C.
transpeptidase; b lactamase; suicide
D.
glycanprotease; penicillinase; competitive
E.
b lactamase; lysozyme; suicide