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SUBMITTER: Park J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5478473 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Jooyoung J Gasparrini Andrew J AJ Reck Margaret R MR Symister Chanez T CT Elliott Jennifer L JL Vogel Joseph P JP Wencewicz Timothy A TA Dantas Gautam G Tolia Niraj H NH
Nature chemical biology 20170508 7
Although tetracyclines are an important class of antibiotics for use in agriculture and the clinic, their efficacy is threatened by increasing resistance. Resistance to tetracyclines can occur through efflux, ribosomal protection, or enzymatic inactivation. Surprisingly, tetracycline enzymatic inactivation has remained largely unexplored, despite providing the distinct advantage of antibiotic clearance. The tetracycline destructases are a recently discovered family of tetracycline-inactivating f ...[more]