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Hershko Y, Levytskyi K, Rannon E, Assous MV, Ken-Dror S, Amit S, Ben-Zvi H, Sagi O, Schwartz O, Sorek N, Szwarcwort M, Barkan D, Burstein D, Adler A. Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of antimicrobial resistance in Nocardia species. J Antimicrob Chemother 2023; 78:2306-2314. [PMID: 37527397 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkad236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance is common in Nocardia species but data regarding the molecular mechanisms beyond their resistance traits are limited. Our study aimed to determine the species distribution, the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles, and investigate the associations between the resistance traits and their genotypic determinants. METHODS The study included 138 clinical strains of Nocardia from nine Israeli microbiology laboratories. MIC values of 12 antimicrobial agents were determined using broth microdilution. WGS was performed on 129 isolates of the eight predominant species. Bioinformatic analysis included phylogeny and determination of antimicrobial resistance genes and mutations. RESULTS Among the isolates, Nocardia cyriacigeorgica was the most common species (36%), followed by Nocardia farcinica (16%), Nocardia wallacei (13%), Nocardia abscessus (9%) and Nocardia brasiliensis (8%). Linezolid was active against all isolates, followed by trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (93%) and amikacin (91%). Resistance to other antibiotics was species-specific, often associated with the presence of resistance genes or mutations: (1) aph(2″) in N. farcinica and N. wallacei (resistance to tobramycin); (ii) blaAST-1 in N. cyriacigeorgica and Nocardia neocaledoniensis (resistance to amoxicillin/clavulanate); (iii) blaFAR-1 in N. farcinica (resistance to ceftriaxone); (iv) Ser83Ala substitution in the gyrA gene in four species (resistance to ciprofloxacin); and (v) the 16S rRNA m1A1408 methyltransferase in N. wallacei isolates (correlating with amikacin resistance). CONCLUSIONS Our study provides a comprehensive understanding of Nocardia species diversity, antibiotic resistance patterns, and the molecular basis of antimicrobial resistance. Resistance appears to follow species-related patterns, suggesting a lesser role for de novo evolution or transmission of antimicrobial resistance.
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- Yizhak Hershko
- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Robert H. Smith Faculty for Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Robert H. Smith Faculty for Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Faculty of Life Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Clalit Health Services, Haifa and Western Galilee District, Israel
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- Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, Ashdod, Israel
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- Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Laboratories Division, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Robert H. Smith Faculty for Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Faculty of Life Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Ryan D, Bornet E, Prezza G, Alampalli SV, de Carvalho TF, Felchle H, Ebbecke T, Hayward R, Deutschbauer AM, Barquist L, Westermann AJ. An integrated transcriptomics-functional genomics approach reveals a small RNA that modulates Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron sensitivity to tetracyclines. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.02.16.528795. [PMID: 36824877 PMCID: PMC9949090 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.16.528795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Gene expression plasticity allows bacteria to adapt to diverse environments, tie their metabolism to available nutrients, and cope with stress. This is particularly relevant in a niche as dynamic and hostile as the human intestinal tract, yet transcriptional networks remain largely unknown in gut Bacteroides spp. Here, we map transcriptional units and profile their expression levels in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron over a suite of 15 defined experimental conditions that are relevant in vivo , such as variation of temperature, pH, and oxygen tension, exposure to antibiotic stress, and growth on simple carbohydrates or on host mucin-derived glycans. Thereby, we infer stress- and carbon source-specific transcriptional regulons, including conditional expression of capsular polysaccharides and polysaccharide utilization loci, and expand the annotation of small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) in this organism. Integrating this comprehensive expression atlas with transposon mutant fitness data, we identify conditionally important sRNAs. One example is MasB, whose inactivation led to increased bacterial tolerance of tetracyclines. Using MS2 affinity purification coupled with RNA sequencing, we predict targets of this sRNA and discuss their potential role in the context of the MasB-associated phenotype. Together, this transcriptomic compendium in combination with functional sRNA genomics-publicly available through a new iteration of the 'Theta-Base' web browser (www.helmholtz-hiri.de/en/datasets/bacteroides-v2)-constitutes a valuable resource for the microbiome and sRNA research communities alike.
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Xu B, Liu L, Song G. Functions and Regulation of Translation Elongation Factors. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 8:816398. [PMID: 35127825 PMCID: PMC8807479 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.816398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Translation elongation is a key step of protein synthesis, during which the nascent polypeptide chain extends by one amino acid residue during one elongation cycle. More and more data revealed that the elongation is a key regulatory node for translational control in health and disease. During elongation, elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu, eEF1A in eukaryotes) is used to deliver aminoacyl-tRNA (aa-tRNA) to the A-site of the ribosome, and elongation factor G (EF-G, EF2 in eukaryotes and archaea) is used to facilitate the translocation of the tRNA2-mRNA complex on the ribosome. Other elongation factors, such as EF-Ts/eEF1B, EF-P/eIF5A, EF4, eEF3, SelB/EFsec, TetO/Tet(M), RelA and BipA, have been found to affect the overall rate of elongation. Here, we made a systematic review on the canonical and non-canonical functions and regulation of these elongation factors. In particular, we discussed the close link between translational factors and human diseases, and clarified how post-translational modifications control the activity of translational factors in tumors.
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- Benjin Xu
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Fenyang College, Shanxi Medical University, Fenyang, China
- *Correspondence: Benjin Xu, ; Guangtao Song,
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Fenyang College, Shanxi Medical University, Fenyang, China
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- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Benjin Xu, ; Guangtao Song,
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Antibiotic resistance is mediated through several distinct mechanisms, most of which are relatively well understood and the clinical importance of which has long been recognized. Until very recently, neither of these statements was readily applicable to the class of resistance mechanism known as target protection, a phenomenon whereby a resistance protein physically associates with an antibiotic target to rescue it from antibiotic-mediated inhibition. In this Review, we summarize recent progress in understanding the nature and importance of target protection. In particular, we describe the molecular basis of the known target protection systems, emphasizing that target protection does not involve a single, uniform mechanism but is instead brought about in several mechanistically distinct ways.
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Asadi A, Abdi M, Kouhsari E, Panahi P, Sholeh M, Sadeghifard N, Amiriani T, Ahmadi A, Maleki A, Gholami M. Minocycline, focus on mechanisms of resistance, antibacterial activity, and clinical effectiveness: Back to the future. J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2020; 22:161-174. [PMID: 32061815 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2020.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The increasing crisis regarding multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant microorganisms leads to appealing therapeutic options. METHODS During the last 30 years, minocycline, a wide-spectrum antimicrobial agent, has been effective against MDR Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial infections. As with other tetracyclines, the mechanism of action of minocycline involves attaching to the bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit and preventing protein synthesis. RESULTS This antimicrobial agent has been approved for the treatment of acne vulgaris, some sexually transmitted diseases and rheumatoid arthritis. Although many reports have been published, there remains limited information regarding the prevalence, mechanism of resistance and clinical effectiveness of minocycline. CONCLUSION Thus, we summarize here the currently available data concerning pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, mechanism of action and resistance, antibacterial activity and clinical effectiveness of minocycline.
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- Arezoo Asadi
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran; Laboratory Sciences Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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- Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Laboratory Sciences Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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Li W, Agrawal RK. Joachim Frank's Binding with the Ribosome. Structure 2019; 27:411-419. [PMID: 30595455 PMCID: PMC11062599 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2018.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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With recent technological advancements, single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is now the technique of choice to study structure and function of biological macromolecules at near-atomic resolution. Many single-particle EM reconstruction methods necessary for these advances were pioneered by Joachim Frank, and were optimized using the ribosome as a benchmark specimen. In doing so, he made several landmark contributions to the understanding of the structure and function of ribosomes. These include the first 3D visualization of ribosome-bound transfer RNAs, the first experimentally derived structures of the primary complexes formed during the bacterial translation elongation cycle, and the critical ribosomal conformational transitions required for translation. Over the years, his laboratory studied many important functional complexes of the ribosome from both eubacterial and eukaryotic systems, including ribosomes from pathogenic organisms. This article presents a brief account of the contributions made by Joachim Frank to the ribosome field.
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- Wen Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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- Division of Translational Medicine, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, USA; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, USA.
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Mu Z, Zou Z, Yang Y, Wang W, Xu Y, Huang J, Cai R, Liu Y, Mo Y, Wang B, Dang Y, Li Y, Liu Y, Jiang Y, Tan Q, Liu X, Hu C, Li H, Wei S, Lou C, Yu Y, Wang J. A genetically engineered Escherichia coli that senses and degrades tetracycline antibiotic residue. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2018; 3:196-203. [PMID: 30345405 PMCID: PMC6190513 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Due to the abuse of antibiotics, antibiotic residues can be detected in both natural environment and various industrial products, posing threat to the environment and human health. Here we describe the design and implementation of an engineered Escherichia coli capable of degrading tetracycline (Tc)-one of the commonly used antibiotics once on humans and now on poultry, cattle and fisheries. A Tc-degrading enzyme, TetX, from the obligate anaerobe Bacteroides fragilis was cloned and recombinantly expressed in E. coli and fully characterized, including its K m and k cat value. We quantitatively evaluated its activity both in vitro and in vivo by UV-Vis spectrometer and LC-MS. Moreover, we used a tetracycline inducible amplification circuit including T7 RNA polymerase and its specific promoter PT7 to enhance the expression level of TetX, and studied the dose-response of TetX under different inducer concentrations. Since the deployment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) outside laboratory brings about safety concerns, it is necessary to explore the possibility of integrating a kill-switch. Toxin-Antitoxin (TA) systems were used to construct a mutually dependent host-plasmid platform and biocontainment systems in various academic and industrious situations. We selected nine TA systems from various bacteria strains and measured the toxicity of toxins (T) and the detoxifying activity of cognate antitoxins (A) to validate their potential to be used to build a kill-switch. These results prove the possibility of using engineered microorganisms to tackle antibiotic residues in environment efficiently and safely.
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- Zepeng Mu
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Team for iGEM 2016, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Biomacromolecules, Beijing, 100101, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Biomacromolecules, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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Choi JB, Lee SJ, Lee MK, Lee SJ, Park DC, Kim HY, Lee DS, Choe HS. Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Ureaplasma spp. and Mycoplasma hominis in Asymptomatic Individuals in Korea. Microb Drug Resist 2018; 24:1391-1396. [PMID: 29708840 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2017.0431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study investigated the prevalence and antibiotic resistance of Ureaplasma spp. and Mycoplasma hominis isolated from asymptomatic individuals in Korea. Endocervical swabs from women and urine from men, from a total of 5,781 asymptomatic individuals, were analyzed using a Mycoplasma IST2 Kit. Of the 4,825 specimens tested from females, 486 (10.1%) were positive culture. In these positive specimens, 437 (9.1%) were positive only for Ureaplasma spp., 17 (0.4%) were positive only for M. hominis, and 32 (0.7%) were positive for both Ureaplasma spp. and M. hominis. In males, of the 956 tested specimens, only 4 (0.42%) were positive for Ureaplasma spp. and no M. hominis colonization was identified. In antimicrobial susceptibility tests, more than 93.2% of both M. hominis and Ureaplasma spp. was susceptible to tetracycline, doxycycline, josamycin, and pristinamycin. However, M. hominis isolates were found to be highly resistant to erythromycin, azithromycin, and clarithromycin (82.4%, 70.6%, and 76.5%, respectively). Ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin, which have recently exhibited increasing resistance rates, showed rates of 17.7% and 35.3%, respectively, in M. hominis, and 50.6% and 27.4%, respectively, in Ureaplasma spp. In conclusion, accurate antimicrobial susceptibility tests of the genital mycoplasmas should be conducted for each case to select the appropriate antibiotics. Fluoroquinolone-based drugs should be avoided in the initial treatment of urogenital mycoplasmas because of the increasing rate of resistance to quinolones, although the susceptibility to tetracycline remains high in Korea.
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- Jin Bong Choi
- 1 Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea , Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- 2 Department of Urology, College of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea , Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- 3 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine , Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea , Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea , Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- 2 Department of Urology, College of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea , Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- 2 Department of Urology, College of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea , Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- 2 Department of Urology, College of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea , Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Coatham ML, Brandon HE, Fischer JJ, Schümmer T, Wieden HJ. The conserved GTPase HflX is a ribosome splitting factor that binds to the E-site of the bacterial ribosome. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:1952-61. [PMID: 26733579 PMCID: PMC4770234 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 12/20/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Using a combination of biochemical, structural probing and rapid kinetics techniques we reveal for the first time that the universally conserved translational GTPase (trGTPase) HflX binds to the E-site of the 70S ribosome and that its GTPase activity is modulated by peptidyl transferase centre (PTC) and peptide exit tunnel (PET) binding antibiotics, suggesting a previously undescribed mode of action for these antibiotics. Our rapid kinetics studies reveal that HflX functions as a ribosome splitting factor that disassembles the 70S ribosomes into its subunits in a nucleotide dependent manner. Furthermore, our probing and hydrolysis studies show that the ribosome is able to activate trGTPases bound to its E-site. This is, to our knowledge, the first case in which the hydrolytic activity of a translational GTPase is not activated by the GTPase activating centre (GAC) in the ribosomal A-site. Furthermore, we provide evidence that the bound state of the PTC is able to regulate the GTPase activity of E-site bound HflX.
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- Mackenzie L Coatham
- Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada
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Cryo-EM structure of the tetracycline resistance protein TetM in complex with a translating ribosome at 3.9-Å resolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:5401-6. [PMID: 25870267 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1501775112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ribosome protection proteins (RPPs) confer resistance to tetracycline by binding to the ribosome and chasing the drug from its binding site. Current models for RPP action are derived from 7.2- to 16-Å resolution structures of RPPs bound to vacant or nontranslating ribosomes. Here we present a cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction of the RPP TetM in complex with a translating ribosome at 3.9-Å resolution. The structure reveals the contacts of TetM with the ribosome, including interaction between the conserved and functionally critical C-terminal extension of TetM with a unique splayed conformation of nucleotides A1492 and A1493 at the decoding center of the small subunit. The resolution enables us to unambiguously model the side chains of the amino acid residues comprising loop III in domain IV of TetM, revealing that the tyrosine residues Y506 and Y507 are not responsible for drug-release as suggested previously but rather for intrafactor contacts that appear to stabilize the conformation of loop III. Instead, Pro509 at the tip of loop III is located directly within the tetracycline binding site where it interacts with nucleotide C1054 of the 16S rRNA, such that RPP action uses Pro509, rather than Y506/Y507, to directly dislodge and release tetracycline from the ribosome.
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Nguyen F, Starosta AL, Arenz S, Sohmen D, Dönhöfer A, Wilson DN. Tetracycline antibiotics and resistance mechanisms. Biol Chem 2014; 395:559-75. [PMID: 24497223 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2013-0292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 263] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The ribosome and protein synthesis are major targets within the cell for inhibition by antibiotics, such as the tetracyclines. The tetracycline family of antibiotics represent a large and diverse group of compounds, ranging from the naturally produced chlortetracycline, introduced into medical usage in the 1940s, to second and third generation semi-synthetic derivatives of tetracycline, such as doxycycline, minocycline and more recently the glycylcycline tigecycline. Here we describe the mode of interaction of tetracyclines with the ribosome and mechanism of action of this class of antibiotics to inhibit translation. Additionally, we provide an overview of the diverse mechanisms by which bacteria obtain resistance to tetracyclines, ranging from efflux, drug modification, target mutation and the employment of specialized ribosome protection proteins.
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Negamycin interferes with decoding and translocation by simultaneous interaction with rRNA and tRNA. Mol Cell 2014; 56:541-50. [PMID: 25306922 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Revised: 08/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Negamycin (NEG) is a ribosome-targeting antibiotic that exhibits clinically promising activity. Its binding site and mode of action have remained unknown. We solved the structure of the Thermus thermophilus ribosome bound to mRNA and three tRNAs, in complex with NEG. The drug binds to both small and large ribosomal subunits at nine independent sites. Resistance mutations in the 16S rRNA unequivocally identified the binding site in the vicinity of the conserved helix 34 (h34) in the small subunit as the primary site of antibiotic action in the bacterial and, possibly, eukaryotic ribosome. At this site, NEG contacts 16S rRNA as well as the anticodon loop of the A-site tRNA. Although the NEG site of action overlaps with that of tetracycline (TET), the two antibiotics exhibit different activities: while TET sterically hinders binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosome, NEG stabilizes its binding, thereby inhibiting translocation and stimulating miscoding.
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Starosta AL, Lassak J, Jung K, Wilson DN. The bacterial translation stress response. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2014; 38:1172-201. [PMID: 25135187 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Revised: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Throughout their life, bacteria need to sense and respond to environmental stress. Thus, such stress responses can require dramatic cellular reprogramming, both at the transcriptional as well as the translational level. This review focuses on the protein factors that interact with the bacterial translational apparatus to respond to and cope with different types of environmental stress. For example, the stringent factor RelA interacts with the ribosome to generate ppGpp under nutrient deprivation, whereas a variety of factors have been identified that bind to the ribosome under unfavorable growth conditions to shut-down (RelE, pY, RMF, HPF and EttA) or re-program (MazF, EF4 and BipA) translation. Additional factors have been identified that rescue ribosomes stalled due to stress-induced mRNA truncation (tmRNA, ArfA, ArfB), translation of unfavorable protein sequences (EF-P), heat shock-induced subunit dissociation (Hsp15), or antibiotic inhibition (TetM, FusB). Understanding the mechanism of how the bacterial cell responds to stress will not only provide fundamental insight into translation regulation, but will also be an important step to identifying new targets for the development of novel antimicrobial agents.
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- Agata L Starosta
- Gene Center, Department for Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany; Center for integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPSM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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EF-G catalyzes tRNA translocation by disrupting interactions between decoding center and codon-anticodon duplex. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2014; 21:817-24. [PMID: 25108354 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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During translation, elongation factor G (EF-G) catalyzes the translocation of tRNA2-mRNA inside the ribosome. Translocation is coupled to a cycle of conformational rearrangements of the ribosomal machinery, and how EF-G initiates translocation remains unresolved. Here we performed systematic mutagenesis of Escherichia coli EF-G and analyzed inhibitory single-site mutants of EF-G that preserved pretranslocation (Pre)-state ribosomes with tRNAs in A/P and P/E sites (Pre-EF-G). Our results suggest that the interactions between the decoding center and the codon-anticodon duplex constitute the barrier for translocation. Catalysis of translocation by EF-G involves the factor's highly conserved loops I and II at the tip of domain IV, which disrupt the hydrogen bonds between the decoding center and the duplex to release the latter, hence inducing subsequent translocation events, namely 30S head swiveling and tRNA2-mRNA movement on the 30S subunit.
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Yamamoto H, Qin Y, Achenbach J, Li C, Kijek J, Spahn CMT, Nierhaus KH. EF-G and EF4: translocation and back-translocation on the bacterial ribosome. Nat Rev Microbiol 2013; 12:89-100. [PMID: 24362468 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ribosomes translate the codon sequence of an mRNA into the amino acid sequence of the corresponding protein. One of the most crucial events is the translocation reaction, which involves movement of both the mRNA and the attached tRNAs by one codon length and is catalysed by the GTPase elongation factor G (EF-G). Interestingly, recent studies have identified a structurally related GTPase, EF4, that catalyses movement of the tRNA2-mRNA complex in the opposite direction when the ribosome stalls, which is known as back-translocation. In this Review, we describe recent insights into the mechanistic basis of both translocation and back-translocation.
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- Hiroshi Yamamoto
- 1] Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. [2]
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- 1] Laboratory of noncoding RNA, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science; 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China. [2]
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- 1] NOXXON Pharma AG, Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany. [2]
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- Laboratory of noncoding RNA, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science; 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- Max Planck Institut für molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- 1] Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. [2] Max Planck Institut für molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Guo X, Peisker K, Bäckbro K, Chen Y, Koripella RK, Mandava CS, Sanyal S, Selmer M. Structure and function of FusB: an elongation factor G-binding fusidic acid resistance protein active in ribosomal translocation and recycling. Open Biol 2013; 2:120016. [PMID: 22645663 PMCID: PMC3352095 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Fusidic acid (FA) is a bacteriostatic antibiotic that locks elongation factor G (EF-G) to the ribosome after GTP hydrolysis during elongation and ribosome recycling. The plasmid pUB101-encoded protein FusB causes FA resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus through an interaction with EF-G. Here, we report 1.6 and 2.3 Å crystal structures of FusB. We show that FusB is a two-domain protein lacking homology to known structures, where the N-terminal domain is a four-helix bundle and the C-terminal domain has an alpha/beta fold containing a C4 treble clef zinc finger motif and two loop regions with conserved basic residues. Using hybrid constructs between S. aureus EF-G that binds to FusB and Escherichia coli EF-G that does not, we show that the sequence determinants for FusB recognition reside in domain IV and involve the C-terminal helix of S. aureus EF-G. Further, using kinetic assays in a reconstituted translation system, we demonstrate that FusB can rescue FA inhibition of tRNA translocation as well as ribosome recycling. We propose that FusB rescues S. aureus from FA inhibition by preventing formation or facilitating dissociation of the FA-locked EF-G–ribosome complex.
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- Xiaohu Guo
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, BMC, P.O. Box 596, SE 751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
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Mechanism of tetracycline resistance by ribosomal protection protein Tet(O). Nat Commun 2013; 4:1477. [PMID: 23403578 PMCID: PMC3576927 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2012] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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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. Here, we present an atomic model of the Tet(O)-bound 70S ribosome based on our cryo-electron microscopic reconstruction at 9.6 Å resolution. This atomic model allowed us to identify the Tet(O)-ribosome binding sites, which involve three characteristic loops in domain 4 of Tet(O). Replacements of the three-amino acid tips of these loops by a single glycine residue result in loss of Tet(O)-mediated tetracycline resistance. On the basis of these findings, the mechanism of Tet(O)-mediated tetracycline resistance can be explained in molecular detail.
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Ribosome protection proteins (RPPs) confer tetracycline resistance by binding to the ribosome and chasing the drug from its binding site. The current model for the mechanism of action of RPPs proposes that drug release is indirect and achieved via conformational changes within the drug-binding site induced upon binding of the RPP to the ribosome. Here we report a cryo-EM structure of the RPP TetM in complex with the 70S ribosome at 7.2-Å resolution. The structure reveals the contacts of TetM with the ribosome, including interaction between the conserved and functionally critical C-terminal extension of TetM and the decoding center of the small subunit. Moreover, we observe direct interaction between domain IV of TetM and the tetracycline binding site and identify residues critical for conferring tetracycline resistance. A model is presented whereby TetM directly dislodges tetracycline to confer resistance.
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Selmer M, Gao YG, Weixlbaumer A, Ramakrishnan V. Ribosome engineering to promote new crystal forms. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA. SECTION D, BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2012; 68:578-83. [PMID: 22525755 PMCID: PMC3335287 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444912006348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2011] [Accepted: 02/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Crystallographic studies of the ribosome have provided molecular details of protein synthesis. However, the crystallization of functional complexes of ribosomes with GTPase translation factors proved to be elusive for a decade after the first ribosome structures were determined. Analysis of the packing in different 70S ribosome crystal forms revealed that regardless of the species or space group, a contact between ribosomal protein L9 from the large subunit and 16S rRNA in the shoulder of a neighbouring small subunit in the crystal lattice competes with the binding of GTPase elongation factors to this region of 16S rRNA. To prevent the formation of this preferred crystal contact, a mutant strain of Thermus thermophilus, HB8-MRCMSAW1, in which the ribosomal protein L9 gene has been truncated was constructed by homologous recombination. Mutant 70S ribosomes were used to crystallize and solve the structure of the ribosome with EF-G, GDP and fusidic acid in a previously unobserved crystal form. Subsequent work has shown the usefulness of this strain for crystallization of the ribosome with other GTPase factors.
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- Maria Selmer
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Box 596, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, England
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, England
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, England
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, England
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Subminimal inhibitory concentrations of the disinfectant benzalkonium chloride select for a tolerant subpopulation of Escherichia coli with inheritable characteristics. Int J Mol Sci 2012; 13:4101-4123. [PMID: 22605968 PMCID: PMC3344204 DOI: 10.3390/ijms13044101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2011] [Revised: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Exposure of Escherichia coli to a subminimal inhibitory concentration (25% below MIC) of benzalkonium chloride (BC), an antimicrobial membrane-active agent commonly used in medical and food-processing environments, resulted in cell death and changes in cell morphology (filamentation). A small subpopulation (1–5% of the initial population) survived and regained similar morphology and growth rate as non-exposed cells. This subpopulation maintained tolerance to BC after serial transfers in medium without BC. To withstand BC during regrowth the cells up regulated a drug efflux associated gene (the acrB gene, member of the AcrAB-TolC efflux system) and changed expression of outer membrane porin genes (ompFW) and several genes involved in protecting the cell from the osmotic- and oxidative stress. Cells pre-exposed to osmotic- and oxidative stress (sodium chloride, salicylic acid and methyl viologen) showed higher tolerance to BC. A control and two selected isolates showing increased BC-tolerance after regrowth in BC was genome sequenced. No common point mutations were found in the BC- isolates but one point mutation in gene rpsA (Ribosomal protein S1) was observed in one of the isolates. The observed tolerance can therefore not solely be explained by the observed point mutation. The results indicate that there are several different mechanisms responsible for the regrowth of a tolerant subpopulation in BC, both BC-specific and general stress responses, and that sub-MIC of BC may select for phenotypic variants in a sensitive E. coli culture.
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Structure and dynamics of the mammalian ribosomal pretranslocation complex. Mol Cell 2011; 44:214-24. [PMID: 22017870 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2011] [Revised: 06/06/2011] [Accepted: 07/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Although the structural core of the ribosome is conserved in all kingdoms of life, eukaryotic ribosomes are significantly larger and more complex than their bacterial counterparts. The extent to which these differences influence the molecular mechanism of translation remains elusive. Multiparticle cryo-electron microscopy and single-molecule FRET investigations of the mammalian pretranslocation complex reveal spontaneous, large-scale conformational changes, including an intersubunit rotation of the ribosomal subunits. Through structurally related processes, tRNA substrates oscillate between classical and at least two distinct hybrid configurations facilitated by localized changes in their L-shaped fold. Hybrid states are favored within the mammalian complex. However, classical tRNA positions can be restored by tRNA binding to the E site or by the eukaryotic-specific antibiotic and translocation inhibitor cycloheximide. These findings reveal critical distinctions in the structural and energetic features of bacterial and mammalian ribosomes, providing a mechanistic basis for divergent translation regulation strategies and species-specific antibiotic action.
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Bulyha I, Hot E, Huntley S, Søgaard-Andersen L. GTPases in bacterial cell polarity and signalling. Curr Opin Microbiol 2011; 14:726-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2011] [Revised: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 09/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Mikolajka A, Liu H, Chen Y, Starosta AL, Márquez V, Ivanova M, Cooperman BS, Wilson DN. Differential effects of thiopeptide and orthosomycin antibiotics on translational GTPases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 18:589-600. [PMID: 21609840 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2011.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2011] [Revised: 03/07/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The ribosome is a major target in the bacterial cell for antibiotics. Here, we dissect the effects that the thiopeptide antibiotics thiostrepton (ThS) and micrococcin (MiC) as well as the orthosomycin antibiotic evernimicin (Evn) have on translational GTPases. We demonstrate that, like ThS, MiC is a translocation inhibitor, and that the activation by MiC of the ribosome-dependent GTPase activity of EF-G is dependent on the presence of the ribosomal proteins L7/L12 as well as the G' subdomain of EF-G. In contrast, Evn does not inhibit translocation but is a potent inhibitor of back-translocation as well as IF2-dependent 70S-initiation complex formation. Collectively, these results shed insight not only into fundamental aspects of translation but also into the unappreciated specificities of these classes of translational inhibitors.
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Gautam A, Vinson HM, Gibbs PS, Olet S, Barigye R. Proteomic analysis of multidrug resistant Escherichia coli strains from scouring calves. Vet Microbiol 2011; 151:363-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2010] [Revised: 03/07/2011] [Accepted: 03/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fei J, Wang J, Sternberg SH, MacDougall DD, Elvekrog MM, Pulukkunat DK, Englander MT, Gonzalez RL. A highly purified, fluorescently labeled in vitro translation system for single-molecule studies of protein synthesis. Methods Enzymol 2010; 472:221-59. [PMID: 20580967 PMCID: PMC4748369 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(10)72008-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET) has emerged as a powerful tool for mechanistic investigations of increasingly complex biochemical systems. Recently, we and others have successfully used smFRET to directly investigate the role of structural dynamics in the function and regulation of the cellular protein synthesis machinery. A significant challenge to these experiments, and to analogous experiments in similarly complex cellular machineries, is the need for specific and efficient fluorescent labeling of the biochemical system at locations that are both mechanistically informative and minimally perturbative to the biological activity. Here, we describe the development of a highly purified, fluorescently labeled in vitro translation system that we have successfully designed for smFRET studies of protein synthesis. The general approaches we outline should be amenable to single-molecule fluorescence studies of other complex biochemical systems.
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- Jingyi Fei
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
- Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-1096 FAX: (212) 932-1289
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Translational Bypassing – Peptidyl-tRNA Re-pairing at Non-overlapping Sites. RECODING: EXPANSION OF DECODING RULES ENRICHES GENE EXPRESSION 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89382-2_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Bishburg E, Bishburg K. Minocycline--an old drug for a new century: emphasis on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Acinetobacter baumannii. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2009; 34:395-401. [PMID: 19665876 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2009] [Revised: 06/04/2009] [Accepted: 06/23/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The epidemiology of nosocomial and community-acquired infections has changed in recent years. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), especially community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), has emerged as a gram-positive organism with an increasing impact in clinical practice. Infections with Acinetobacter baumannii have become a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Minocycline has significant in vitro activity against MRSA and A. baumannii that is comparable with agents currently used against these organisms. The absence of an intravenous (i.v.) minocycline formulation in recent years has limited its use in seriously ill patients infected with these organisms. However, minocycline i.v. has recently been reintroduced to the US market. The objective of this study was to review available information on the chemistry, mechanism of action, in vitro activity, resistance mechanisms, pharmacokinetics, tolerability and efficacy of minocycline against MRSA and A. baumannii. This article provides suggestions for future studies and potential uses of minocycline and is designed to trigger interest in systematic clinical evaluation of minocycline for patients infected with these organisms. In conclusion, minocycline is an old drug that has the potential to become an important part of the armamentarium against emerging infections such as CA-MRSA and A. baumannii. Owing to its promising profile against these clinically important pathogens as well as excellent pharmacokinetic properties, minocycline merits evaluation in serious infections.
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- Eliahu Bishburg
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Medical Center, 201 Lyons Avenue G3, Newark, NJ 07112, USA.
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Zhang W, Kimmel M, Spahn CMT, Penczek PA. Heterogeneity of large macromolecular complexes revealed by 3D cryo-EM variance analysis. Structure 2009; 16:1770-6. [PMID: 19081053 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2008.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2008] [Accepted: 10/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Macromolecular structure determination by cryo-electron microscopy (EM) and single-particle analysis are based on the assumption that imaged molecules have identical structure. With the increased size of processed data sets, it becomes apparent that many complexes coexist in a mixture of conformational states or contain flexible regions. We describe an implementation of the bootstrap resampling technique that yields estimates of voxel-by-voxel variance of a structure reconstructed from the set of its projections. We introduce a highly efficient reconstruction algorithm that is based on direct Fourier inversion and that incorporates correction for the transfer function of the microscope, thus extending the resolution limits of variance estimation. We also describe a validation method to determine the number of resampled volumes required to achieve stable estimate of the variance. The proposed bootstrap method was applied to a data set of 70S ribosome complexed with tRNA and the elongation factor G. The proposed method of variance estimation opens new possibilities for single-particle analysis, by extending applicability of the technique to heterogeneous data sets of macromolecules and to complexes with significant conformational variability.
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- Wei Zhang
- The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Kurkcuoglu O, Doruker P, Sen TZ, Kloczkowski A, Jernigan RL. The ribosome structure controls and directs mRNA entry, translocation and exit dynamics. Phys Biol 2008; 5:046005. [PMID: 19029596 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/5/4/046005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The protein-synthesizing ribosome undergoes large motions to effect the translocation of tRNAs and mRNA; here, the domain motions of this system are explored with a coarse-grained elastic network model using normal mode analysis. Crystal structures are used to construct various model systems of the 70S complex with/without tRNA, elongation factor Tu and the ribosomal proteins. Computed motions reveal the well-known ratchet-like rotational motion of the large subunits, as well as the head rotation of the small subunit and the high flexibility of the L1 and L7/L12 stalks, even in the absence of ribosomal proteins. This result indicates that these experimentally observed motions during translocation are inherently controlled by the ribosomal shape and only partially dependent upon GTP hydrolysis. Normal mode analysis further reveals the mobility of A- and P-tRNAs to increase in the absence of the E-tRNA. In addition, the dynamics of the E-tRNA is affected by the absence of the ribosomal protein L1. The mRNA in the entrance tunnel interacts directly with helicase proteins S3 and S4, which constrain the mRNA in a clamp-like fashion, as well as with protein S5, which likely orients the mRNA to ensure correct translation. The ribosomal proteins S7, S11 and S18 may also be involved in assuring translation fidelity by constraining the mRNA at the exit site of the channel. The mRNA also interacts with the 16S 3' end forming the Shine-Dalgarno complex at the initiation step; the 3' end may act as a 'hook' to reel in the mRNA to facilitate its exit.
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- Ozge Kurkcuoglu
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Research Center, Bogazici University, 34342 Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey
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Lancaster L, Lambert NJ, Maklan EJ, Horan LH, Noller HF. The sarcin-ricin loop of 23S rRNA is essential for assembly of the functional core of the 50S ribosomal subunit. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2008; 14:1999-2012. [PMID: 18755834 PMCID: PMC2553751 DOI: 10.1261/rna.1202108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The sarcin-ricin loop (SRL) of 23S rRNA in the large ribosomal subunit is a factor-binding site that is essential for GTP-catalyzed steps in translation, but its precise functional role is thus far unknown. Here, we replaced the 15-nucleotide SRL with a GAAA tetraloop and affinity purified the mutant 50S subunits for functional and structural analysis in vitro. The SRL deletion caused defects in elongation-factor-dependent steps of translation and, unexpectedly, loss of EF-Tu-independent A-site tRNA binding. Detailed chemical probing analysis showed disruption of a network of rRNA tertiary interactions that hold together the 23S rRNA elements of the functional core of the 50S subunit, accompanied by loss of ribosomal protein L16. Our results reveal an influence of the SRL on the higher-order structure of the 50S subunit, with implications for its role in translation.
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- Laura Lancaster
- Center for Molecular Biology of RNA, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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Zakeri B, Wright GD. Chemical biology of tetracycline antibioticsThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled CSBMCB — Systems and Chemical Biology, and has undergone the Journal's usual peer review process. Biochem Cell Biol 2008; 86:124-36. [DOI: 10.1139/o08-002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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For more than half a century, tetracycline antibiotics have been used to treat infectious disease. However, what once used to be a commonly prescribed family of antibiotics has now decreased in effectiveness due to wide-spread bacterial resistance. The chemical scaffold of the tetracyclines is a versatile and modifiable structure that is able to interact with many cellular targets. The recent availability of detailed molecular interactions between tetracycline and its cellular targets, along with an understanding of the tetracycline biosynthetic pathway, has provided us with a unique opportunity to usher in a new era of rational drug design. Herein we discuss recent findings that have clarified the mode of action and the biosynthetic pathway of tetracyclines and that have shed light on the chemical biology of tetracycline antibiotics.
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- Bijan Zakeri
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada
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Thakor NS, Nechifor R, Scott PG, Keelan M, Taylor DE, Wilson KS. Chimeras of bacterial translation factors Tet(O) and EF-G. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:1386-90. [PMID: 18371310 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2008] [Revised: 03/14/2008] [Accepted: 03/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ribosomal protection proteins (RPPs) confer bacterial resistance to tetracycline by releasing this antibiotic from ribosomes stalled in protein synthesis. RPPs share structural similarity to elongation factor G (EF-G), which promotes ribosomal translocation during normal protein synthesis. We constructed and functionally characterized chimeric proteins of Campylobacter jejuni Tet(O), the best characterized RPP, and Escherichia coli EF-G. A distinctly conserved loop sequence at the tip of domain 4 is required for both factor-specific functions. Domains 3-5: (i) are necessary, but not sufficient, for functional specificity; and (ii) modulate GTP hydrolysis by EF-G, while minimally affecting Tet(O), under substrate turnover conditions.
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- Nehal S Thakor
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7
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Wilson DN, Nierhaus KH. The weird and wonderful world of bacterial ribosome regulation. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2007; 42:187-219. [PMID: 17562451 DOI: 10.1080/10409230701360843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In every organism, translation of the genetic information into functional proteins is performed on the ribosome. In Escherichia coli up to 40% of the cell's total energy turnover is channelled toward the ribosome and protein synthesis. Thus, elaborate networks of translation regulation pathways have evolved to modulate gene expression in response to growth rate and external factors, ranging from nutrient deprivation, to chemical (pH, ionic strength) and physical (temperature) fluctuations. Since the fundamental players involved in regulation of the different phases of translation have already been extensively reviewed elsewhere, this review focuses on lesser known and characterized factors that regulate the ribosome, ranging from processing, modification and assembly factors, unusual initiation and elongation factors, to a variety of stress response proteins.
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- Daniel N Wilson
- Gene Center and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Gao H, Zhou Z, Rawat U, Huang C, Bouakaz L, Wang C, Cheng Z, Liu Y, Zavialov A, Gursky R, Sanyal S, Ehrenberg M, Frank J, Song H. RF3 induces ribosomal conformational changes responsible for dissociation of class I release factors. Cell 2007; 129:929-41. [PMID: 17540173 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.03.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2006] [Revised: 02/06/2007] [Accepted: 03/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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During translation termination, class II release factor RF3 binds to the ribosome to promote rapid dissociation of a class I release factor (RF) in a GTP-dependent manner. We present the crystal structure of E. coli RF3*GDP, which has a three-domain architecture strikingly similar to the structure of EF-Tu*GTP. Biochemical data on RF3 mutants show that a surface region involving domains II and III is important for distinct steps in the action cycle of RF3. Furthermore, we present a cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of the posttermination ribosome bound with RF3 in the GTP form. Our data show that RF3*GTP binding induces large conformational changes in the ribosome, which break the interactions of the class I RF with both the decoding center and the GTPase-associated center of the ribosome, apparently leading to the release of the class I RF.
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- Haixiao Gao
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Health Research, Inc. at the Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA
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Thakor NS, Wilson KS, Scott PG, Taylor DE. An improved procedure for expression and purification of ribosomal protection protein Tet(O) for high-resolution structural studies. Protein Expr Purif 2007; 55:388-94. [PMID: 17537646 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2007] [Revised: 04/19/2007] [Accepted: 04/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Tetracycline (Tc) is a broad spectrum antibiotic that binds to the A site of the bacterial ribosome inhibiting delivery of aminoacyl-tRNA to the A site for productive protein biosynthesis. Tet(O) is in a class of the ribosomal protection proteins (RPPs) found in many pathogenic bacteria, that dislodges Tc from the A site of 70S ribosome to restore polypeptide elongation and confer Tc resistance to the bacteria. Considerable difficulty has been encountered in overexpressing and purifying Tet(O) from various Escherichia coli strains using lambdaPI, tac or T7 promoters. Here we report molecular cloning, overexpression of His-tagged Tet(O) in E. coli, an improved purification procedure and initial biochemical and biophysical characterization of His-tagged Tet(O).
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- Nehal S Thakor
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada T6G 2H7
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Connell SR, Takemoto C, Wilson DN, Wang H, Murayama K, Terada T, Shirouzu M, Rost M, Schüler M, Giesebrecht J, Dabrowski M, Mielke T, Fucini P, Yokoyama S, Spahn CMT. Structural basis for interaction of the ribosome with the switch regions of GTP-bound elongation factors. Mol Cell 2007; 25:751-64. [PMID: 17349960 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Revised: 12/24/2006] [Accepted: 01/23/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Elongation factor G (EF-G) catalyzes tRNA translocation on the ribosome. Here a cryo-EM reconstruction of the 70S*EF-G ribosomal complex at 7.3 A resolution and the crystal structure of EF-G-2*GTP, an EF-G homolog, at 2.2 A resolution are presented. EF-G-2*GTP is structurally distinct from previous EF-G structures, and in the context of the cryo-EM structure, the conformational changes are associated with ribosome binding and activation of the GTP binding pocket. The P loop and switch II approach A2660-A2662 in helix 95 of the 23S rRNA, indicating an important role for these conserved bases. Furthermore, the ordering of the functionally important switch I and II regions, which interact with the bound GTP, is dependent on interactions with the ribosome in the ratcheted conformation. Therefore, a network of interaction with the ribosome establishes the active GTP conformation of EF-G and thus facilitates GTP hydrolysis and tRNA translocation.
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- Sean R Connell
- Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Charite-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Ziegelstrasse 5-9, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Phylogenetic distribution of translational GTPases in bacteria. BMC Genomics 2007; 8:15. [PMID: 17214893 PMCID: PMC1780047 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Accepted: 01/10/2007] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Translational GTPases are a family of proteins in which GTPase activity is stimulated by the large ribosomal subunit. Conserved sequence features allow members of this family to be identified. Results To achieve accurate protein identification and grouping we have developed a method combining searches with Hidden Markov Model profiles and tree based grouping. We found all the genes for translational GTPases in 191 fully sequenced bacterial genomes. The protein sequences were grouped into nine subfamilies. Analysis of the results shows that three translational GTPases, the translation factors EF-Tu, EF-G and IF2, are present in all organisms examined. In addition, several copies of the genes encoding EF-Tu and EF-G are present in some genomes. In the case of multiple genes for EF-Tu, the gene copies are nearly identical; in the case of multiple EF-G genes, the gene copies have been considerably diverged. The fourth translational GTPase, LepA, the function of which is currently unknown, is also nearly universally conserved in bacteria, being absent from only one organism out of the 191 analyzed. The translation regulator, TypA, is also present in most of the organisms examined, being absent only from bacteria with small genomes. Surprisingly, some of the well studied translational GTPases are present only in a very small number of bacteria. The translation termination factor RF3 is absent from many groups of bacteria with both small and large genomes. The specialized translation factor for selenocysteine incorporation – SelB – was found in only 39 organisms. Similarly, the tetracycline resistance proteins (Tet) are present only in a small number of species. Proteins of the CysN/NodQ subfamily have acquired functions in sulfur metabolism and production of signaling molecules. The genes coding for CysN/NodQ proteins were found in 74 genomes. This protein subfamily is not confined to Proteobacteria, as suggested previously but present also in many other groups of bacteria. Conclusion Four of the translational GTPase subfamilies (IF2, EF-Tu, EF-G and LepA) are represented by at least one member in each bacterium studied, with one exception in LepA. This defines the set of translational GTPases essential for basic cell functions.
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Ammor MS, Flórez AB, Margolles A, Mayo B. Fluorescence spectroscopy: a rapid tool for assessing tetracycline resistance in Bifidobacterium longum. Can J Microbiol 2006; 52:740-6. [PMID: 16917532 DOI: 10.1139/w06-031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The tetracycline uptake kinetics of 35 Bifidobacterium longum strains isolated from the human gastrointestinal tract were examined by fluorescence spectroscopy, and the suitability of the technique as a screening tool of tetracycline resistance or susceptibility was determined. The strains were first grouped into three classes based on their corresponding minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of tetracycline, as established by the microdilution method: susceptible (MICs ≤1 µg mL–1), semi-resistant (MICs between 1 and ≤32 µg mL–1), and resistant strains (MICs ≥32 µg mL–1). The kinetics of tetracycline uptake for the strains in each resistance group were then analyzed over a 20 min period by fluorescence spectroscopy (absorbance wavelength 524 nm, excitation wavelength 400 nm) in a buffer system containing 100 µg mL–1 tetracycline. Principal component analysis and factorial discriminant analysis of the results showed excellent distinction among susceptible, semi-resistant, and resistant strains. The proposed method provides a powerful and convenient means of rapidly screening tetracycline resistance in B. longum.Key words: fluorescence spectroscopy, Bifidobacterium longum, antibiotic resistance, tetracycline uptake, multidimensional data analysis.
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- Mohammed Salim Ammor
- Institute de Productos Lácteos de Asturias, CSIC, Carretera de Infiesto s/n, 33300 Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain.
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Halbert LW, Kaneene JB, Linz J, Mansfield LS, Wilson D, Ruegg PL, Warnick LD, Wells SJ, Fossler CP, Campbell AM, Geiger-Zwald AM. Genetic mechanisms contributing to reduced tetracycline susceptibility of Campylobacter isolated from organic and conventional dairy farms in the midwestern and northeastern United States. J Food Prot 2006; 69:482-8. [PMID: 16541675 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-69.3.482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Campylobacter is one of the most common causes of gastroenteritis and can be acquired through contact with farm animals or the consumption of raw milk. Because of concerns over the role of food-producing animals in the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance to humans, we evaluated the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter isolates from dairy farms and the genetic mechanism conferring the observed resistance. Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance was completed on 912 isolates from conventional and 304 isolates from organic dairy farms to eight drugs (azithromycin, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin, erythromycin, gentamicin, nalidixic acid, and tetracycline) with microbroth dilution. Resistance to seven of eight drugs was very low and did not differ by farm type. However, tetracycline resistance was common in Campylobacter isolated from both organic and conventional dairy farms, with 48 and 58% of isolates affected, respectively. By multiplex PCR, we determined that tetracycline resistance was highly associated with the carriage of tetO in Campylobacter isolates (X2 = 124, P < 0.01, kappa = 0.86).
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- Lisa W Halbert
- Population Medicine Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Roberts MC. Update on acquired tetracycline resistance genes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 245:195-203. [PMID: 15837373 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 602] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2004] [Revised: 01/13/2005] [Accepted: 02/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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This mini-review summarizes the changes in the field of bacterial acquired tetracycline resistance (tet) and oxytetracycline (otr) genes identified since the last major review in 2001. Thirty-eight acquired tetracycline resistant (Tc(r)) genes are known of which nine are new and include five genes coding for energy-dependent efflux proteins, two genes coding for ribosomal protection proteins, and two genes coding for tetracycline inactivating enzymes. The number of inactivating enzymes has increased from one to three, suggesting that work needs to be done to determine the role these enzymes play in bacterial resistance to tetracycline. In the same time period, 66 new genera have been identified which carry one or more of the previously described 29 Tc(r) genes. Included in the new genera is, for the first time, an obligate intracellular pathogen suggesting that this sheltered group of bacteria is capable of DNA exchange with non-obligate intracellular bacteria. The number of genera carrying ribosomal protection genes increased dramatically with the tet(M) gene now identified in 42 genera as compared with 24 and the tet(W) gene found in 17 new genera as compared to two genera in the last major review. New conjugative transposons, carrying different ribosomal protection tet genes, have been identified and an increase in the number of antibiotic resistance genes linked to tet genes has been found. Whether these new elements may help to spread the tet genes they carry to a wider bacterial host range is discussed.
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- Marilyn C Roberts
- Department of Pathobiology, Box 357238, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Gao H, Valle M, Ehrenberg M, Frank J. Dynamics of EF-G interaction with the ribosome explored by classification of a heterogeneous cryo-EM dataset. J Struct Biol 2005; 147:283-90. [PMID: 15450297 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2004.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2004] [Revised: 02/19/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A method of supervised classification using two available structure templates was applied to investigate the possible heterogeneity existing in a large cryo-EM dataset of an Escherichia coli 70S ribosome-EF-G complex. Two subpopulations showing the ribosome in distinct conformational states, related by a ratchet-like rotation of the 30S subunit with respect to the 50S subunit, were extracted from the original dataset. The possible presence of additional intermediate states is discussed.
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- Haixiao Gao
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Health Research, Inc., Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA
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Spahn CMT, Jan E, Mulder A, Grassucci RA, Sarnow P, Frank J. Cryo-EM visualization of a viral internal ribosome entry site bound to human ribosomes: the IRES functions as an RNA-based translation factor. Cell 2004; 118:465-75. [PMID: 15315759 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2004.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2004] [Revised: 06/22/2004] [Accepted: 06/23/2004] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Internal initiation of protein synthesis in eukaryotes is accomplished by recruitment of ribosomes to structured internal ribosome entry sites (IRESs), which are located in certain viral and cellular messenger RNAs. An IRES element in cricket paralysis virus (CrPV) can directly assemble 80S ribosomes in the absence of canonical initiation factors and initiator tRNA. Here we present cryo-EM structures of the CrPV IRES bound to the human ribosomal 40S subunit and to the 80S ribosome. The CrPV IRES adopts a defined, elongate structure within the ribosomal intersubunit space and forms specific contacts with components of the ribosomal A, P, and E sites. Conformational changes in the ribosome as well as within the IRES itself show that CrPV IRES actively manipulates the ribosome. CrPV-like IRES elements seem to act as RNA-based translation factors.
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- Christian M T Spahn
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Health Research Inc. at, Albany, NY 10012, USA
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Domain movements of elongation factor eEF2 and the eukaryotic 80S ribosome facilitate tRNA translocation. EMBO J 2004; 23:1008-19. [PMID: 14976550 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 311] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2003] [Accepted: 01/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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An 11.7-A-resolution cryo-EM map of the yeast 80S.eEF2 complex in the presence of the antibiotic sordarin was interpreted in molecular terms, revealing large conformational changes within eEF2 and the 80S ribosome, including a rearrangement of the functionally important ribosomal intersubunit bridges. Sordarin positions domain III of eEF2 so that it can interact with the sarcin-ricin loop of 25S rRNA and protein rpS23 (S12p). This particular conformation explains the inhibitory action of sordarin and suggests that eEF2 is stalled on the 80S ribosome in a conformation that has similarities with the GTPase activation state. A ratchet-like subunit rearrangement (RSR) occurs in the 80S.eEF2.sordarin complex that, in contrast to Escherichia coli 70S ribosomes, is also present in vacant 80S ribosomes. A model is suggested, according to which the RSR is part of a mechanism for moving the tRNAs during the translocation reaction.
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Connell SR, Tracz DM, Nierhaus KH, Taylor DE. Ribosomal protection proteins and their mechanism of tetracycline resistance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 47:3675-81. [PMID: 14638464 PMCID: PMC296194 DOI: 10.1128/aac.47.12.3675-3681.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Sean R Connell
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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References. Antibiotics (Basel) 2003. [DOI: 10.1128/9781555817886.refs] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Atkins JF, Baranov PV, Fayet O, Herr AJ, Howard MT, Ivanov IP, Matsufuji S, Miller WA, Moore B, Prère MF, Wills NM, Zhou J, Gesteland RF. Overriding standard decoding: implications of recoding for ribosome function and enrichment of gene expression. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2003; 66:217-32. [PMID: 12762024 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2001.66.217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- J F Atkins
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-5330, USA
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Frank J, Agrawal RK. Ratchet-like movements between the two ribosomal subunits: their implications in elongation factor recognition and tRNA translocation. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2003; 66:67-75. [PMID: 12762009 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2001.66.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- J Frank
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Health Research, Inc., Wadsworth Center, Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Albany, New York, USA
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Connell SR, Trieber CA, Dinos GP, Einfeldt E, Taylor DE, Nierhaus KH. Mechanism of Tet(O)-mediated tetracycline resistance. EMBO J 2003; 22:945-53. [PMID: 12574130 PMCID: PMC145453 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2002] [Revised: 12/17/2002] [Accepted: 12/23/2002] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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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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- Sean R. Connell
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H7, Canada, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, D-14195 Berlin, Germany and Laboratory of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H7, Canada, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, D-14195 Berlin, Germany and Laboratory of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H7, Canada, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, D-14195 Berlin, Germany and Laboratory of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H7, Canada, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, D-14195 Berlin, Germany and Laboratory of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H7, Canada, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, D-14195 Berlin, Germany and Laboratory of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2H7, Canada, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, D-14195 Berlin, Germany and Laboratory of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece Corresponding author e-mail:
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Roberts MC. Tetracycline therapy: update. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 36:462-7. [PMID: 12567304 DOI: 10.1086/367622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2002] [Accepted: 11/07/2002] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Tetracyclines have been used for treatment of a wide variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial infections since the 1950s. In addition to being effective against traditional bacteria, tetracyclines have been used to treat infections due to intracellular chlamydiae, mycoplasmas, rickettsiae, and protozoan parasites and a variety of noninfectious conditions. They are important for treatment of and prophylaxis against infections with bacteria that could be used in biological weapons. Bacterial resistance to tetracycline was identified shortly after the introduction of therapy. At present, tetracycline resistance in bacteria can occur by acquisition of >or=1 of the 36 different genes, by mutations to host efflux pumps or in their 16S rRNA sequences, or by alteration in the permeability of the cell. In contrast, tetracycline resistance has not yet been described in protozoa or other eukaryotic organisms.
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- Marilyn C Roberts
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7238, USA.
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Connell SR, Trieber CA, Stelzl U, Einfeldt E, Taylor DE, Nierhaus KH. The tetracycline resistance protein Tet(o) perturbs the conformation of the ribosomal decoding centre. Mol Microbiol 2002; 45:1463-72. [PMID: 12354218 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03115.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tet(o) is an elongation factor-like protein found in clinical isolates of Campylobacter jejuni that confers resistance to the protein-synthesis inhibitor tetracycline. Tet(o) interacts with the 70S ribosome and promotes the release of bound tetracycline, however, as shown here, it does not form the same functional interaction with the 30S subunit. Chemical probing demonstrates that Tet(o) changes the reactivity of the 16S rRNA to dimethyl sulphate (DMS). These changes cluster within the decoding site, where C1214 is protected and A1408 is enhanced to DMS reactivity. C1214 is close to, but does not overlap, the primary tetracycline-binding site, whereas A1408 is in a region distinct from the Tet(o) binding site visualized by cryo-EM, indicating that Tet(o) induces long-range rearrangements that may mediate tetracycline resistance. Tetracycline enhances C1054 to DMS modification but this enhancement is inhibited in the presence of Tet(o) unlike the tetracycline-dependent protection of A892 which is unaffected by Tet(o). C1054 is part of the primary binding site of tetracycline and A892 is part of the secondary binding site. Therefore, the results for the first time demonstrate that the primary tetracycline binding site is correlated with tetracycline's inhibitory effect on protein synthesis.
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- Sean R Connell
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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