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SUBMITTER: Akbergenov R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3187005 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Akbergenov Rashid R Shcherbakov Dmitri D Matt Tanja T Duscha Stefan S Meyer Martin M Wilson Daniel N DN Böttger Erik C EC
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20110718 10
Capreomycin and the structurally similar compound viomycin are cyclic peptide antibiotics which are particularly active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, including multidrug resistant strains. Both antibiotics bind across the ribosomal interface involving 23S rRNA helix 69 (H69) and 16S rRNA helix 44 (h44). The binding site of tuberactinomycins in h44 partially overlaps with that of aminoglycosides, and they share with these drugs the side effect of irreversible hearing loss. Here we studied t ...[more]