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The A-Z of bacterial translation inhibitors

Wilson, Daniel N.·2009·Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Protein synthesis is one of the major targets in the cell for antibiotics. This review endeavors to provide a comprehensive "post-ribosome structure" A-Z of the huge diversity of antibiotics that target the bacterial translation apparatus, with an emphasis on correlating the vast wealth of biochemical data with more recently available ribosome structures, in order to understand function. The binding site, mechanism of action, and modes of resistance for 26 different classes of protein synthesis inhibitors are presented, ranging from ABT-773 to Zyvox. In addition to improving our understanding of the process of translation, insight into the mechanism of action of antibiotics is essential to the development of novel and more effective antimicrobial agents to combat emerging bacterial resistance to many clinically-relevant drugs.

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  • Translation inhibitors typically bind to rRNA, and target-based antibiotic resistance mutations are often associated with discrete rRNA nucleotide changes.

    “Given that the RNA component of the ribosome plays a critical role in all stages of protein synthesis, translation inhibitors typically bind to rRNA, and consequentially, target-based antibiotic resistance mutations are often associated with discrete rRNA nucleotide changes (2).”
  • Tetracyclines bind to elongating ribosomes and inhibit delivery of the ternary complex EF-Tu•GTP•aa-tRNA to the A-site.

    “Tetracyclines are broad-spectrum antibiotic agents that bind to elongating ribosomes and inhibit delivery of the ternary complex EF-Tu, GTP and aminoacylated-tRNA (EF-Tu•GTP•aa-tRNA) to the A-site (1).”

    From Structural basis for TetM-mediated tetracycline resistance (2012) · cites this paper as [1]

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Authors
Wilson, D. N.
Affiliations
Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (DE)
Corresponding author
Wilson, Daniel N.
Venue
Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Published
2009-11-20
Volume
44
Issue
6
Pages
393-433
ISSN
  • 0045-6411 (ISSN-L)
  • 1040-9238
  • 1549-7798
OpenAlex
W2104276827
Cited by
322
References
369
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Keywords
translation inhibitors, antibiotics, bacterial translation, ribosome structure, protein synthesis inhibitors, antibiotic binding sites, mechanism of action, antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial drug development, ribosome-targeted antibiotics
MeSH terms
Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Bacteria, Bacterial Proteins, Humans, Protein Binding, Protein Synthesis Inhibitors, Protein Biosynthesis, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, Drug Resistance, Bacterial

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