Antibiotics that Inhibit Nucleic Acid Synthesis -- Medical Microbiology -- NCBI Bookshelf

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Figure 11-8

Structure of metronidazole and its mechanism of action

. Metronidazole enters an aerobic bacterium where, via the electron transport protein ferrodoxin, it is reduced. The drug then binds to DNA, and DNA breakage occurs.