Acurrent problem in modern medicine is the development of drug resistance mutations. this occurs when a mutation arises in a disease-causing microbe making it resistant to a drug and thus rendering the drug useless in treating a specific disease. many useful drugs are competitive inhibitors of specific enzymes, and the drug-resistance mutations prevent the binding of the drug. these types of mutations, in addition to preventing competitive inhibitor binding, can also sometimes reduce the activity of the enzyme. why is that the case?

Alberta is a 20 year old who has been a vegetarian for 3 years. she comes to you for advice after reading some material online by the meat promoters of america organization. one of their statements is: ". . vegetarians are at risk for protein deficiency because they cannot consume all of the essential amino acids necessary for healthy individuals." how should alberta be advised? she should consume dairy and egg products at every meal to protect herself against protein deficiency she should avoid the "limiting" amino acids because they are limiting her ability to maintain proper protein status because the statement is basically true, she should consider eating small quantities of meat every day in order to avoid protein deficiency although many foods don't provide all the essential amino acids individually, she could consume complementary proteins throughout the day, which would provide all the essential amino acids she needs