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Fang N, Wu L, Duan S, Li J. The Structural and Molecular Mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Translational Elongation Factor Proteins. Molecules 2024; 29:2058. [PMID: 38731549 PMCID: PMC11085428 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29092058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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Targeting translation factor proteins holds promise for developing innovative anti-tuberculosis drugs. During protein translation, many factors cause ribosomes to stall at messenger RNA (mRNA). To maintain protein homeostasis, bacteria have evolved various ribosome rescue mechanisms, including the predominant trans-translation process, to release stalled ribosomes and remove aberrant mRNAs. The rescue systems require the participation of translation elongation factor proteins (EFs) and are essential for bacterial physiology and reproduction. However, they disappear during eukaryotic evolution, which makes the essential proteins and translation elongation factors promising antimicrobial drug targets. Here, we review the structural and molecular mechanisms of the translation elongation factors EF-Tu, EF-Ts, and EF-G, which play essential roles in the normal translation and ribosome rescue mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). We also briefly describe the structure-based, computer-assisted study of anti-tuberculosis drugs.
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- Ning Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; (N.F.); (L.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; (N.F.); (L.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; (N.F.); (L.W.)
- College of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang 277160, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; (N.F.); (L.W.)
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Chopyk J, Nasko DJ, Allard S, Bui A, Pop M, Mongodin EF, Sapkota AR. Seasonal dynamics in taxonomy and function within bacterial and viral metagenomic assemblages recovered from a freshwater agricultural pond. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME 2020; 15:18. [PMID: 33902740 PMCID: PMC8067656 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-020-00365-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ponds are important freshwater habitats that support both human and environmental activities. However, relative to their larger counterparts (e.g. rivers, lakes), ponds are understudied, especially with regard to their microbial communities. Our study aimed to fill this knowledge gap by using culture-independent, high-throughput sequencing to assess the dynamics, taxonomy, and functionality of bacterial and viral communities in a freshwater agricultural pond. RESULTS Water samples (n = 14) were collected from a Mid-Atlantic agricultural pond between June 2017 and May 2018 and filtered sequentially through 1 and 0.2 μm filter membranes. Total DNA was then extracted from each filter, pooled, and subjected to 16S rRNA gene and shotgun sequencing on the Illumina HiSeq 2500 platform. Additionally, on eight occasions water filtrates were processed for viral metagenomes (viromes) using chemical concentration and then shotgun sequenced. A ubiquitous freshwater phylum, Proteobacteria was abundant at all sampling dates throughout the year. However, environmental characteristics appeared to drive the structure of the community. For instance, the abundance of Cyanobacteria (e.g. Nostoc) increased with rising water temperatures, while a storm event appeared to trigger an increase in overall bacterial diversity, as well as the relative abundance of Bacteroidetes. This event was also associated with an increase in the number of antibiotic resistance genes. The viral fractions were dominated by dsDNA of the order Caudovirales, namely Siphoviridae and Myovirdae. CONCLUSIONS Overall, this study provides one of the largest datasets on pond water microbial ecology to date, revealing seasonal trends in the microbial taxonomic composition and functional potential.
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- Jessica Chopyk
- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA.
- Department of Pathology University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute for Advanced Computer Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
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- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute for Advanced Computer Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Institute for Genome Sciences and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
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Chopyk J, Nasko DJ, Allard S, Callahan MT, Bui A, Ferelli AMC, Chattopadhyay S, Mongodin EF, Pop M, Micallef SA, Sapkota AR. Metagenomic analysis of bacterial and viral assemblages from a freshwater creek and irrigated field reveals temporal and spatial dynamics. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 706:135395. [PMID: 31846873 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Lotic surface water sites (e.g. creeks) are important resources for localized agricultural irrigation. However, there is concern that microbial contaminants within untreated surface water may be transferred onto irrigated soil and crops. To evaluate this issue, water samples were collected between January 2017 and August 2018 from a freshwater creek used to irrigate kale and radish plants on a small farm in the Mid-Atlantic, United States. In addition, on one sampling date, a field survey was conducted in which additional water (creek source and point-of-use) and soil samples were collected to assess the viral and bacterial communities pre- and post- irrigation. All samples were processed for DNA extracts and shotgun sequenced on the Illumina HiSeq platform. The resulting metagenomic libraries were assembled de novo and taxonomic and functional features were assigned at the contig and peptide level. From these data, we observed that Betaproteobacteria (e.g. Variovorax) dominated the water, both at the source and point-of-use, and Alphaproteobacteria (e.g. Streptomyces) dominated both pre- and post-irrigated soil. Additionally, in the creek source water there were variations in the abundance of the dominant bacterial genera and functional annotations associated with seasonal characteristics (e.g. water temperature). Antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factors were also identified in the creek water and soil, with the majority specific to their respective habitat. Moreover, an analysis of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) arrays showed the persistence of certain spacers through time in the creek water, as well as specific interactions between creek bacteriophages and their hosts. Overall, these findings provide a more holistic picture of bacterial and viral composition, dynamics, and interactions within a freshwater creek that can be utilized to further our knowledge on its suitability and safety for irrigation.
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- Jessica Chopyk
- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute for Advanced Computer Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA; University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, College Park, MD, USA
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- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
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- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
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- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
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- Institute for Genome Sciences and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute for Advanced Computer Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA; University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, College Park, MD, USA; Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA.
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Chopyk J, Nasko DJ, Allard S, Bui A, Treangen T, Pop M, Mongodin EF, Sapkota AR. Comparative metagenomic analysis of microbial taxonomic and functional variations in untreated surface and reclaimed waters used in irrigation applications. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 169:115250. [PMID: 31726395 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The use of irrigation water sourced from reclamation facilities and untreated surface water bodies may be a practical solution to attenuate the burden on diminishing groundwater aquifers. However, comprehensive microbial characterizations of these water sources are generally lacking, especially with regard to variations through time and across multiple water types. To address this knowledge gap we used a shotgun metagenomic approach to characterize the taxonomic and functional variations of microbial communities within two agricultural ponds, two freshwater creeks, two brackish rivers, and three water reclamation facilities located in the Mid-Atlantic, United States. Water samples (n = 24) were collected from all sites between October and November 2016, and filtered onto 0.2 μm membrane filters. Filters were then subjected to total DNA extraction and shotgun sequencing on the Illumina HiSeq platform. From these data, we found that Betaproteobacteria dominated the majority of freshwater sites, while Alphaproteobacteria were abundant at times in the brackish waters. One of these brackish sites was also host to a greater abundance of the bacterial genera Gimesia and Microcystis. Furthermore, predicted microbial features (e.g. antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) arrays) varied based on specific site and sampling date. ARGs were found across samples, with the diversity and abundance highest in those from a reclamation facility and a wastewater-impacted freshwater creek. Additionally, we identified over 600 CRISPR arrays, containing ∼2600 unique spacers, suggestive of a diverse and often site-specific phage community. Overall, these results provide a better understanding of the complex microbial community in untreated surface and reclaimed waters, while highlighting possible environmental and human health impacts associated with their use in agriculture.
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- Jessica Chopyk
- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute for Advanced Computer Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
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- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute for Advanced Computer Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Institute for Genome Sciences and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA.
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A dual transacylation mechanism for polyketide synthase chain release in enacyloxin antibiotic biosynthesis. Nat Chem 2019; 11:906-912. [PMID: 31548673 PMCID: PMC6774797 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-019-0309-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Polyketide synthases assemble diverse natural products with numerous important applications. The thioester intermediates in polyketide assembly are covalently tethered to acyl carrier protein domains of the synthase. Several mechanisms for polyketide chain release are known, contributing to natural product structural diversification. Here we report a dual transacylation mechanism for chain release from the enacyloxin polyketide synthase, which assembles an antibiotic with promising activity against Acinetobacter baumannii. A non-elongating ketosynthase domain transfers the polyketide chain from the final acyl carrier protein domain of the synthase to a separate carrier protein and a nonribosomal peptide synthetase condensation domain condenses it with (1S, 3R, 4S)-3, 4-dihydroxycyclohexane carboxylic acid. Molecular dissection of this process reveals that non-elongating ketosynthase domain-mediated transacylation circumvents the inability of the condensation domain to recognize the acyl carrier protein domain. Several 3, 4-dihydroxycyclohexane carboxylic acid analogues can be employed for chain release, suggesting a promising strategy for producing enacyloxin analogues.
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Rudorf S. Efficiency of protein synthesis inhibition depends on tRNA and codon compositions. PLoS Comput Biol 2019; 15:e1006979. [PMID: 31369559 PMCID: PMC6692046 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Regulation and maintenance of protein synthesis are vital to all organisms and are thus key targets of attack and defense at the cellular level. Here, we mathematically analyze protein synthesis for its sensitivity to the inhibition of elongation factor EF-Tu and/or ribosomes in dependence of the system’s tRNA and codon compositions. We find that protein synthesis reacts ultrasensitively to a decrease in the elongation factor’s concentration for systems with an imbalance between codon usages and tRNA concentrations. For well-balanced tRNA/codon compositions, protein synthesis is impeded more effectively by the inhibition of ribosomes instead of EF-Tu. Our predictions are supported by re-evaluated experimental data as well as by independent computer simulations. Not only does the described ultrasensitivity render EF-Tu a distinguished target of protein synthesis inhibiting antibiotics. It may also enable persister cell formation mediated by toxin-antitoxin systems. The strong impact of the tRNA/codon composition provides a basis for tissue-specificities of disorders caused by mutations of human mitochondrial EF-Tu as well as for the potential use of EF-Tu targeting drugs for tissue-specific treatments. We predict and analyze the response of differently composed protein synthesis systems to the inhibition of elongation factor EF-Tu and/or ribosomes. The study reveals a strong interdependency of a protein synthesis system’s composition and its susceptibility to inhibition. This interdependency defines a generic mechanism that provides a common basis for a variety of seemingly unrelated phenomena including, for example, persister cell formation and tissue-specificity of certain mitochondrial diseases. The described mechanism applies to simple artificial translation systems as well as to complex protein synthesis in vivo.
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- Sophia Rudorf
- Theory and Bio-Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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Yang J, Hong J, Luo L, Liu K, Meng C, Ji ZL, Lin D. Biophysical characterization and ligand-binding properties of the elongation factor Tu from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2019; 51:139-149. [PMID: 30615070 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmy164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 11/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the key devastating bacterial pathogen responsible for tuberculosis. Increasing emergence of multi-drug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and rifampicin/isoniazid-resistant strains of Mtb makes the discovery of validated drug targets an urgent priority. As a vital translational component of the protein biosynthesis system, elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) is an important molecular switch responsible for selection and binding of the cognate aminoacyl-tRNA to the acceptor site on the ribosome. In addition, EF-Tu from Mtb (MtbEF-Tu) is involved in the initial step of trans-translation which is an effective system for rescuing the stalled ribosomes from non-stop translation complexes under stress conditions. Given its crucial role in protein biosynthesis, EF-Tu is identified as an excellent molecular target for drug design. Here, we reported the recombinant expression, purification, biophysical characterization, and structural modeling of the MtbEF-Tu protein. Our results demonstrated that prokaryotic expression plasmids of pET28a-MtbEF-Tu could be expressed efficiently in Escherichia coli. We successfully purified the 6× His-tagged proteins with a yield of 16.8 mg from 1 l of Luria Bertani medium. Dynamic light scattering experiments showed that MtbEF-Tu existed in a monomeric form, and circular dichroism experiments indicated that MtbEF-Tu was well structured. Moreover, isothermal titration calorimetry experiments displayed that the purified MtbEF-Tu protein possessed intermediate binding affinities for guanosine-5'-triphosphate (GTP) and GDP. The GTP/GDP-binding sites were predicted by flexible molecular docking approach which reveals that GTP/GDP binds to MtbEF-Tu mainly through hydrogen bonds. Our work lays the essential basis for further structural and functional studies of MtbEF-Tu as well as MtbEF-Tu-related novel drug developments.
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- Juanjuan Yang
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Engineering, College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Engineering, College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Engineering, College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stress Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Engineering, College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stress Cell Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- High-Field NMR Center, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Créchet JB, Malosse C, Hountondji C. EF-Tu from the enacyloxin producing Frateuria W-315 strain: Structure/activity relationship and antibiotic resistance. Biochimie 2016; 127:59-69. [PMID: 27126073 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2016.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In this report, we have demonstrated that the poly(U)-dependent poly(Phe) synthesis activity of elongator factor Tu (EF-Tu) from the enacyloxin producing strain Frateuria sp. W-315 is inhibited by the antibiotic similarly to that of Escherichia coli EF-Tu. The inhibitory effect of enacyloxin observed in a purified system was the same as that obtained with an S30 extract from E. coli or Frateuria sp. W-315, respectively, suggesting that antibiotic resistance of enacyloxin producing Frateuria sp. W-315 is not due neither to EF-Tu nor to other components of the translation machinery but to a still unknown mechanism. The EF-Tu gene, as PCR amplified from Frateuria W-315 genomic DNA and sequenced represented an ORF of 1191 nucleotides corresponding to 396 amino acids. This protein is larger than the product of tufA from E. coli by only two amino acid residues. Alignment of the amino acid sequence of EF-Tu from E. coli with those of Frateuria and Ralstonia solanacearum indicates on average 80% identical amino acid residues and 9.7% conservative replacements between EF-Tu Frateuria and EF-Tu E. coli, on one hand, and 97% identity and 1.7% conservative replacement between EF-Tu Frateuria and EF-Tu Ralstonia solanacearum, on the other hand. These strong primary structure similarities between EF-Tu from different origins are consistent with the fact that this factor is essential for the translation process in all kingdoms of life. Comparison of the effects of antibiotics on EF-Tu Frateuria and EF-Tu E. coli revealed that enacyloxin, kirromycin and pulvomycin exert a stronger stimulation of the GDP dissociation rate on EF-Tu Frateuria, while the effects of the antibiotics on the GDP association rate were comparable for the two EF-Tu species. Different mutants of EF-Tu E. coli were constructed with the help of site directed mutagenesis by changing one or several residues of EF-Tu E. coli by the corresponding residues of EF-Tu Frateuria. The single A45K substitution did not modify the intrinsic GTPase activity of EF-Tu E. coli. In contrast, a 2-3 fold stimulation of the intrinsic GTPase activity was observed with the single A42E, F46Y, Q48E and the double F46Y/Q48E substitution. Finally, up to a 7 fold stimulation was observed with the quadruple substitution (mutant A42E/A45K/F46Y/Q48E.
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- Institut Pasteur, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, Unité Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, CNRS UMR 3528, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 PARIS Cedex 15 France
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- Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 06, Unité de Recherche UPMC UR6 "Enzymologie de l'ARN", 4, Place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Yikilmaz E, Chapman SJ, Schrader JM, Uhlenbeck OC. The interface between Escherichia coli elongation factor Tu and aminoacyl-tRNA. Biochemistry 2014; 53:5710-20. [PMID: 25094027 PMCID: PMC4159200 DOI: 10.1021/bi500533x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nineteen of the highly conserved
residues of Escherichia
coli (E. coli) Elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu)
that form the binding interface with aa-tRNA were mutated to alanine
to better understand how modifying the thermodynamic properties of
EF-Tu–tRNA interaction can affect the decoding properties of
the ribosome. Comparison of ΔΔGo values for binding EF-Tu to aa-tRNA show that the majority of the
interface residues stabilize the ternary complex and their thermodynamic
contribution can depend on the tRNA species that is used. Experiments
with a very tight binding mutation of tRNATyr indicate
that interface amino acids distant from the tRNA mutation can contribute
to the specificity. For nearly all of the mutations, the values of
ΔΔGo were identical to those
previously determined at the orthologous positions of Thermus
thermophilus (T. thermophilus) EF-Tu indicating
that the thermodynamic properties of the interface were conserved
between distantly related bacteria. Measurement of the rate of GTP
hydrolysis on programmed ribosomes revealed that nearly all of the
interface mutations were able to function in ribosomal decoding. The
only interface mutation with greatly impaired GTPase activity was
R223A which is the only one that also forms a direct contact with
the ribosome. Finally, the ability of the EF-Tu interface mutants
to destabilize the EF-Tu–aa-tRNA interaction on the ribosome
after GTP hydrolysis were evaluated by their ability to suppress the
hyperstable T1 tRNATyr variant where EF-Tu release is sufficiently
slow to limit the rate of peptide bond formation (kpep) . In general, interface mutations that destabilize
EF-Tu binding are also able to stimulate kpep of T1 tRNATyr, suggesting that the thermodynamic properties
of the EF-Tu–aa-tRNA interaction on the ribosome are quite
similar to those found in the free ternary complex.
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- Emine Yikilmaz
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Fabbretti A, Giuliodori AM. Inhibitors of Bacterial Elongation Factor EF-Tu. Antibiotics (Basel) 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/9783527659685.ch18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Donovan J, Copeland PR. Evolutionary history of selenocysteine incorporation from the perspective of SECIS binding proteins. BMC Evol Biol 2009; 9:229. [PMID: 19744324 PMCID: PMC2746813 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2009] [Accepted: 09/10/2009] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The co-translational incorporation of selenocysteine into nascent polypeptides by recoding the UGA stop codon occurs in all domains of life. In eukaryotes, this event requires at least three specific factors: SECIS binding protein 2 (SBP2), a specific translation elongation factor (eEFSec), selenocysteinyl tRNA, and a cis-acting selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) element in selenoprotein mRNAs. While the phylogenetic relationships of selenoprotein families and the evolution of selenocysteine usage are well documented, the evolutionary history of SECIS binding proteins has not been explored. Results In this report we present a phylogeny of the eukaryotic SECIS binding protein family which includes SBP2 and a related protein we herein term SBP2L. Here we show that SBP2L is an SBP2 paralogue in vertebrates and is the only form of SECIS binding protein in invertebrate deuterostomes, suggesting a key role in Sec incorporation in these organisms, but an SBP2/SBP2L fusion protein is unable to support Sec incorporation in vitro. An in-depth phylogenetic analysis of the conserved L7Ae RNA binding domain suggests an ancestral relationship with ribosomal protein L30. In addition, we describe the emergence of a motif upstream of the SBP2 RNA binding domain that shares significant similarity with a motif within the pseudouridine synthase Cbf5. Conclusion Our analysis suggests that SECIS binding proteins arose once in evolution but diverged significantly in multiple lineages. In addition, likely due to a gene duplication event in the early vertebrate lineage, SBP2 and SBP2L are paralogous in vertebrates.
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- Jesse Donovan
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
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Aleksandrov A, Simonson T. Binding of tetracyclines to elongation factor Tu, the Tet repressor, and the ribosome: a molecular dynamics simulation study. Biochemistry 2009; 47:13594-603. [PMID: 19032078 DOI: 10.1021/bi801726q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Tetracycline (Tc) is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that kills bacteria by interrupting protein biosynthesis. It is thought that the bacteriostatic action of Tc is associated with its binding to the acceptor site (or A site) in the bacterial ribosome, interfering with the attachment of aminoacyl-tRNA. Recently, however, the crystal structure of a complex between Tc and trypsin-modified elongation factor Tu (tm-EF-Tu) was determined, raising the question of whether Tc binding to EF-Tu has a role in its inhibition of protein synthesis. We address this question using computer simulations. As controls, we first compute relative ribosome binding free energies for seven Tc variants for which experimental data are available, obtaining good agreement. We then consider the binding of Tc to both the trypsin-modified and unmodified EF-Tu-GDP complexes. We show that the direct contribution of EF-Tu to the binding free energy is negligible; rather, the binding can be solely attributed to interactions of Tc with a bridging Mg(2+) ion and the GDP phosphate groups. The effects of trypsin modification are modest. Further, our calculations show that EF-Tu does not exhibit any binding preference for Tc over the nonantibiotic, 4-dedimethyl-Tc, and EF-Tu does not bind the Tc analogue tigecycline, which is a potent antibiotic. In contrast, both the ribosome and the Tet Repressor protein (involved in Tc resistance) do show a binding preference for Tc over 4-dedimethyl-Tc, and the ribosome prefers to bind tigecycline over Tc. Overall, our results provide insights into the binding properties of tetracyclines and support the idea that EF-Tu is not their primary target.
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- Alexey Aleksandrov
- Laboratoire de Biochimie (CNRS UMR7654), Department of Biology, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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Furukawa H, Kiyota H, Yamada T, Yaosaka M, Takeuchi R, Watanabe T, Kuwahara S. Stereochemistry of Enacyloxins. Part 4. Chem Biodivers 2007; 4:1601-4. [PMID: 17638342 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200790140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The absolute configurations of the enacyloxins, a series of polyhydroxylated polyene antibiotics from Frateuria species, were determined. The so far elusive (13'R,14'R,15'S)-configuration was assigned to enacycloxin IVa (1) by means of 'J-resolved HMBC-1' and NOESY NMR methods.
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- Hiroyuki Furukawa
- Laboratory of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiya, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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Olsthoorn-Tieleman LN, Palstra RJTS, van Wezel GP, Bibb MJ, Pleij CWA. Elongation factor Tu3 (EF-Tu3) from the kirromycin producer Streptomyces ramocissimus Is resistant to three classes of EF-Tu-specific inhibitors. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:3581-90. [PMID: 17337575 PMCID: PMC1855904 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01810-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2006] [Accepted: 02/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The antibiotic kirromycin inhibits prokaryotic protein synthesis by immobilizing elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) on the elongating ribosome. Streptomyces ramocissimus, the producer of kirromycin, contains three tuf genes. While tuf1 and tuf2 encode kirromycin-sensitive EF-Tu species, the function of tuf3 is unknown. Here we demonstrate that EF-Tu3, in contrast to EF-Tu1 and EF-Tu2, is resistant to three classes of EF-Tu-targeted antibiotics: kirromycin, pulvomycin, and GE2270A. A mixture of EF-Tu1 and EF-Tu3 was sensitive to kirromycin and resistant to GE2270A, in agreement with the described modes of action of these antibiotics. Transcription of tuf3 was observed during exponential growth and ceased upon entry into stationary phase and therefore did not correlate with the appearance of kirromycin in stationary phase; thus, it is unlikely that EF-Tu3 functions as a resistant alternative for EF-Tu1. EF-Tu3 from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) was also resistant to kirromycin and GE2270A, suggesting that multiple antibiotic resistance is an intrinsic feature of EF-Tu3 species. The GE2270A-resistant character of EF-Tu3 demonstrated that this divergent elongation factor is capable of substituting for EF-Tu1 in vivo.
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Parmeggiani A, Nissen P. Elongation factor Tu-targeted antibiotics: four different structures, two mechanisms of action. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:4576-81. [PMID: 16876786 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2006] [Revised: 07/07/2006] [Accepted: 07/11/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu), the carrier of aa-tRNA to the mRNA-programmed ribosome, is the target of four families of antibiotics of unrelated structure, of which the action is supported by two basic mechanisms. Kirromycin and enacyloxin block EF-Tu.GDP on the ribosome; pulvomycin and GE2270 A inhibit the interaction of EF-Tu.GTP with aa-tRNA. The crystallographic analysis has unveiled the structural background of their actions, explaining how antibiotics of unrelated structures and binding modes and sites can employ similar mechanism of action. The selective similarities and differences of their binding sites and the induced EF-Tu conformations make understand how nature can affect the activities of a complex regulatory enzyme by means of low-molecular compounds, and have proposed a suitable approach for drug design.
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- Andrea Parmeggiani
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Parmeggiani A, Krab IM, Watanabe T, Nielsen RC, Dahlberg C, Nyborg J, Nissen P. Enacyloxin IIa pinpoints a binding pocket of elongation factor Tu for development of novel antibiotics. J Biol Chem 2005; 281:2893-900. [PMID: 16257965 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m505951200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Elongation factor (EF-) Tu.GTP is the carrier of aminoacyl-tRNA to the programmed ribosome. Enacyloxin IIa inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by hindering the release of EF-Tu.GDP from the ribosome. The crystal structure of the Escherichia coli EF-Tu.guanylyl iminodiphosphate (GDPNP).enacyloxin IIa complex at 2.3 A resolution presented here reveals the location of the antibiotic at the interface of domains 1 and 3. The binding site overlaps that of kirromycin, an antibiotic with a structure that is unrelated to enacyloxin IIa but that also inhibits EF-Tu.GDP release. As one of the major differences, the enacyloxin IIa tail borders a hydrophobic pocket that is occupied by the longer tail of kirromycin, explaining the higher binding affinity of the latter. EF-Tu.GDPNP.enacyloxin IIa shows a disordered effector region that in the Phe-tRNAPhe.EF-Tu (Thermus aquaticus).GDPNP.enacyloxin IIa complex, solved at 3.1 A resolution, is stabilized by the interaction with tRNA. This work clarifies the structural background of the action of enacyloxin IIa and compares its properties with those of kirromycin, opening new perspectives for structure-guided design of novel antibiotics.
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- Andrea Parmeggiani
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
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Anborgh PH, Okamura S, Parmeggiani A. Effects of the antibiotic pulvomycin on the elongation factor Tu-dependent reactions. Comparison with other antibiotics. Biochemistry 2005; 43:15550-6. [PMID: 15581367 DOI: 10.1021/bi0487084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The antibiotic pulvomycin is an inhibitor of protein synthesis that prevents the formation of the ternary complex between elongation factor (EF-) Tu.GTP and aminoacyl-tRNA. In this report, novel aspects of its action on EF-Tu are described. Pulvomycin markedly affects the equilibrium and kinetics of the EF-Tu-nucleotide interaction, particularly of the EF-Tu.GTP complex. The binding affinity of EF-Tu for GTP is increased 1000 times, mainly as the consequence of a dramatic decrease in the dissociation rate of this complex. In contrast, the affinity for GDP is decreased 10-fold due to a marked increase in the dissociation rate of EF-Tu.GDP (25-fold) that mimics the action of EF-Ts, the GDP/GTP exchange factor of EF-Tu. The effects of pulvomycin and EF-Ts can coexist and are simply additive, supporting the conclusion that these two ligands interact with different sites of EF-Tu. This is further confirmed on native PAGE by the ability of EF-Tu to bind the EF-Ts and the antibiotic simultaneously. Pulvomycin enhances the intrinsic EF-Tu GTPase activity, like kirromycin, though to a much more modest extent. As with kirromycin, this stimulation depends on the concentration and nature of the monovalent cations, Li(+) being the most effective one, followed by Na(+), K(+), and NH(4)(+). In the presence of pulvomycin (in contrast to kirromycin), aa-tRNA and/or ribosomes do not enhance the GTPase activity of EF-Tu. The property of pulvomycin to modify selectively the conformation(s) of EF-Tu is also supported by its effect on heat- and urea-dependent denaturation, and tryptic digestion of the protein. Specific differences and similarities between the action of pulvomycin and the other EF-Tu-specific antibiotics are described and discussed.
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- Pieter H Anborgh
- Groupe de Biophysique-Equipe 2, Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Krab IM, Parmeggiani A. Mechanisms of EF-Tu, a pioneer GTPase. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 71:513-51. [PMID: 12102560 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(02)71050-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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This review considers several aspects of the function of EF-Tu, a protein that has greatly contributed to the advancement of our knowledge of both protein biosynthesis and GTP-binding proteins in general. A number of topics are described with emphasis on the function-structure relationships, in particular of EF-Tu's domains, the nucleotide-binding site, and the magnesium-binding network. Aspects related to the interaction with macromolecular ligands and antibiotics and to folding and GTPase activity are also presented and discussed. Comments and criticism are offered to draw attention to remaining discrepancies and problems.
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- Ivo M Krab
- Laboratory of Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
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Zuurmond AM, Martien de Graaf J, Olsthoorn-Tieleman LN, van Duyl BY, Mörhle VG, Jurnak F, Mesters JR, Hilgenfeld R, Kraal B. GE2270A-resistant mutations in elongation factor Tu allow productive aminoacyl-tRNA binding to EF-Tu.GTP.GE2270A complexes. J Mol Biol 2000; 304:995-1005. [PMID: 11124042 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The antibiotic GE2270A prevents stable complex formation between elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) and aminoacyl-tRNA (aatRNA). In Escherichia coli we characterized two mutant EF-Tu species with either G257S or G275A that lead to high GE2270A resistance in poly(Phe) synthesis, which at least partially explains the high resistance of EF-Tu1 from GE2270A producer Planobispora rosea to its own antibiotic. Both E. coli mutants were unexpectedly found to bind GE2270A nearly as well as wild-type (wt) EF-Tu in their GTP-bound conformations. Both G257S and G275A are in or near the binding site for the 3' end of aatRNA. The G257S mutation causes a 2.5-fold increase in affinity for aatRNA, whereas G275A causes a 40-fold decrease. In the presence of GE2270A, wt EF-Tu shows a drop in aatRNA affinity of at least four orders of magnitude. EF-Tu[G275S] and EF-Tu[G275A] curtail this drop to about two or one order, respectively. It thus appears that the resistance mutations do not prevent GE2270A from binding to EF-Tu.GTP and that the mutant EF-Tus may accommodate GE2270A and aatRNA simultaneously. Interestingly, in their GDP-bound conformations the mutant EF-Tus have much less affinity for GE2270A than wt EF-Tu. The latter is explained by a recent crystal structure of the EF-Tu.GDP.GE2270A complex, which predicts direct steric problems between GE2270A and the mutated G257S or G275A. These mutations may cause a dislocation of GE2270A in complex with GTP-bound EF-Tu, which then no longer prevents aatRNA binding as in the wt situation. Altogether, the data lead to the following novel resistance scenario. Upon arrival of the mutant EF-Tu.GTP.GE2270.aatRNA complex at the ribosomal A-site, the GTPase centre is triggered. The affinities of aatRNA and GE2270A for the GDP-bound EF-Tu are negligible; the former stays at the A-site for subsequent interaction with the peptidyltransferase centre and the latter two dissociate from the ribosome.
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MESH Headings
- Actinomycetales/chemistry
- Adenine/metabolism
- Amino Acid Substitution/genetics
- Aminoglycosides
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Escherichia coli/chemistry
- Escherichia coli/drug effects
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Guanosine Diphosphate/metabolism
- Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism
- Models, Molecular
- Mutation/genetics
- Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/chemistry
- Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/genetics
- Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/metabolism
- Peptides/metabolism
- Peptides, Cyclic/chemistry
- Peptides, Cyclic/pharmacology
- Poly U/genetics
- Poly U/metabolism
- Protein Binding/drug effects
- Protein Biosynthesis/drug effects
- Protein Conformation
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/metabolism
- Thermodynamics
- Thermus/chemistry
- Thiazoles/chemistry
- Thiazoles/metabolism
- Thiazoles/pharmacology
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Affiliation(s)
- A M Zuurmond
- Department of Biochemistry Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, 2300 RA, The Netherlands
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