Describe what is happening in Figures 1 and 8 in a complete sentence in your own words. Figure 1 shows the mechanisms by which a β-lactam antibiotic works. It shows the PBP attempting to create cross-bridges with amino acid residues but being interrupted by the antibiotic. Figure 8 also shows interruption by an antibiotic, but this time vancomycin is blocking the PBP binding site.

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