Brandi L, Fabbretti A, Pon CL, Dahlberg AE, Gualerzi CO. Initiation of protein synthesis: a target for antimicrobials.
Expert Opin Ther Targets 2008;
12:519-34. [PMID:
18410237 DOI:
10.1517/14728222.12.5.519]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Translation initiation is a basic and universal biological process that employs significantly different components and displays substantially different mechanisms in bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic cells. A large amount of detailed mechanistic and structural information on the bacterial translation initiation apparatus has been uncovered in recent years.
OBJECTIVE
to understand which translation initiation steps could represent a novel or underexploited target for the discovery of new and specific antibacterial drugs.
METHODS
Brief descriptions of the properties and mechanism of action of the major antibiotics that have a documented direct inhibitory effect on bacterial translation initiation are presented.
RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS
Considerations and predictions concerning a future scenario for research and identification of bacterial translation initiation inhibitors are presented.
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