Question

Which of the following statements explains why methotrexate is effective as a cancer chemotherapeutic?
a. it serves as an analog of p-aminobenzoic acid and block bacterial synthesis of folate
b. acts as an inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase, thus preventing production of tetrahydrofolate
c. it acts as a suicide substrates for the enzyme dihydropteroate synthetase
d. prevents the conversion of N5,N10-methenyl THF to N10-formyl THF which is required in 2 steps of the purine synthesis pathway
e. both b and d are correct

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