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ArticleNature communications2013

Mechanism of tetracycline resistance by ribosomal protection protein Tet(O).

Wen Li, Gemma C Atkinson, Nehal S Thakor, Ular Allas, Chuao-chao Lu, Kwok-Yan Chan, Tanel Tenson, Klaus Schulten, Kevin S Wilson, Vasili Hauryliuk and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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69 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Wen LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Gemma C Atkinson
Nehal S Thakor
Ular Allas
Chuao-chao Lu
Kwok-Yan Chan
Tanel Tenson
Klaus Schulten
Kevin S Wilson
Vasili Hauryliuk
Joachim Frank

Funding

WHOLE CELL SIMULATIONP41RR005969 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI LUTHEY-SCHULTEN, ZAIDA · 1990 to 2011
$19.8M
STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF MACROMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIESR01GM029169 · NIGMS · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI FRANK, JOACHIM · 1985 to 2019
$6.1M
Time-resolved Cryo-EM of Short-lived States in Eukaryotic TranslationR01GM055440 · NIGMS · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI FRANK, JOACHIM · 1997 to 2020
$5.1M
CIHRHoward Hughes Medical InstituteNCRR NIH HHS P41 RR005969NCRR NIH HHS P41-RR005969NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM029169NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM055440PHS HHS R01 55440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

Indexed as

Tetracycline ResistanceAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsCampylobacter jejuniCarrier ProteinsCryoelectron MicroscopyGuanosine TriphosphateModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutant ProteinsProtein BindingProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiaryRibosomal ProteinsRibosomesRibosome Subunits, Large, BacterialBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsGDPNP compoundGuanosine TriphosphateMutant ProteinsRibosomal ProteinsRNA, TransferTet O resistance protein, Bacteria

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PMID23403578
PMCPMC3576927

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