Question: Please answer both questions. Please indicate how water might hydrogen bond with D - Ala - D - Lac excluding the terminal amine and terminal

Please answer both questions.
Please indicate how water might hydrogen bond with D-Ala-D-Lac excluding the terminal amine and terminal carboxylic acid
This change in hydrogen bonding pattern is all the bacteria needs to survive. Interestingly changing an oxygen in vancomycin aglycone (compound 5 below) to an NH(compound 6 below) restores activity against VRE, strains with D-Ala-D-Lac, and compound 6 is still active against strains with (D-Ala-D-Ala). Why?
 Please answer both questions. Please indicate how water might hydrogen bond

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