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SUBMITTER: Muller C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4929434 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Müller Christian C Sokol Lena L Vesper Oliver O Sauert Martina M Moll Isabella I
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 20160601 2
The bacteriostatic aminoglycoside antibiotic kasugamycin inhibits protein synthesis at an initial step without affecting translation elongation. It binds to the mRNA track of the ribosome and prevents formation of the translation initiation complex on canonical mRNAs. In contrast, translation of leaderless mRNAs continues in the presence of the drug in vivo. Previously, we have shown that kasugamycin treatment in E. coli stimulates the formation of protein-depleted ribosomes that are selective f ...[more]