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Mechanism of Tet(O)‐mediated tetracycline resistance

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Connell, Sean R., Trieber, Catharine A., Dinos, George P., Einfeldt, Edda, Taylor, Diane E., Nierhaus, Knud H.·2003·The EMBO Journal

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Tet(O) is an elongation factor-like protein which confers resistance to the protein synthesis inhibitor tetracycline by promoting the release of the drug from its inhibitory site on the ribosome. Here we investigated the interaction of Tet(O) with the elongating ribosome and show, using dimethyl sulfate (DMS) probing and binding assays, that it interacts preferentially with the post-translocational ribosome. Furthermore, using an XTP-dependent mutant of Tet(O), we demonstrated that Tet(O) induces conformational rearrangements within the ribosome which can be detected by EF-Tu, and manifested as a stimulation in the GTPase activity of this elongation factor. As such, these conformational changes probably involve the ribosomal GTPase-associated center and, accordingly, Tet(O) alters the DMS modification pattern of the L11 region. Additionally, tetracycline binding is associated with an E(a) of 58 kJ/mol. These results suggest a model where both Tet(O) and tetracycline induce a conformational change in functionally opposite directions and the Tet(O)-induced conformation persists after it has left the ribosome; this prevents rebinding of the drug while allowing productive A-site occupation by a ternary complex in the presence of tetracycline.

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  • Tet(O) protects the bacterial ribosome from binding the antibiotic tetracycline.

    “Tetracycline resistance protein Tet(O), which protects the bacterial ribosome from binding the antibiotic tetracycline, is a translational GTPase with significant similarity in both sequence and structure to the elongation factor EF-G.”
  • Tet(M) and Tet(O) are paralogs of the translational GTPase EF-G and actively remove Tc from the ribosome in a GTP-hydrolysis-dependent fashion.

    “Several of these proteins–the best-known being Tet(M) and Tet(O) – are paralogs of the translational GTPase EF-G 6 and actively remove Tc from the ribosome in a GTP-hydrolysis-dependent fashion 7,8.”
  • The corridor acts as the only pathway for the dissociating Tc molecule's release from the ribosome.

    “The dissociating Tc molecule has to navigate this corridor, which acts as the only pathway for the molecule’s release from the ribosome, which might explain the high activation energy of the process 8.”
  • The corridor might explain the high activation energy of the Tc release process.

    “The dissociating Tc molecule has to navigate this corridor, which acts as the only pathway for the molecule’s release from the ribosome, which might explain the high activation energy of the process 8.”
  • A tetracycline-induced conformational change in the ribosome may promote Tet(O) binding.

    “First, a tetracycline-induced conformational change in the ribosome may promote Tet(O) binding (11).”

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  1. Graham,J. and Rickwood,D. (eds), Subcellular Fractionation. A Practical Approach. IRL Press at Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 271±301.

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Authors
Connell, S. R., Trieber, C. A., Dinos, G. P., Einfeldt, E., Taylor, D. E., & Nierhaus, K. H.
Affiliations
  • Max Planck Society (DE)
  • University of Alberta (CA)
Corresponding author
Nierhaus, Knud H.
Venue
The EMBO Journal
Published
2003-02-17
Volume
22
Issue
4
Pages
945-953
ISSN
  • 0261-4189 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2075
OpenAlex
W2107825969
Cited by
127
References
54
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The EMBO Journal (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Keywords
tetO, tetracycline resistance, ribosome, ribosome recycling, protein synthesis inhibition, ternary complex
MeSH terms
Bacterial Proteins, Carrier Proteins, Protein Synthesis Inhibitors, Ribosomes, Temperature, Tetracycline, Campylobacter jejuni, Peptide Elongation Factor 2, Drug Resistance, Bacterial

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