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ArticleScientific reports2019

Structural basis of translation inhibition by cadazolid, a novel quinoxolidinone antibiotic.

Alain Scaiola, Marc Leibundgut, Daniel Boehringer, Patrick Caspers, Daniel Bur, Hans H Locher, Georg Rueedi, Daniel Ritz

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Alain ScaiolaETH Zurich, Department of Biology, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3233-3910
Marc LeibundgutETH Zurich, Department of Biology, Zurich, Switzerland.
Daniel BoehringerETH Zurich, Department of Biology, Zurich, Switzerland.
Patrick CaspersActelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Daniel BurActelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Hans H LocherActelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Georg RueediActelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Daniel RitzActelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allschwil, Switzerland. daniel.ritz@idorsia.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6177-5457
ETH Zurich · CHIdorsia (Switzerland) · CHActelion (Switzerland) · CHPolyphor (Switzerland) · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxazolidinones are synthetic antibiotics used for treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. They target the bacterial protein synthesis machinery by binding to the peptidyl transferase centre (PTC) of the ribosome and interfering with the peptidyl transferase reaction. Cadazolid is the first member of quinoxolidinone antibiotics, which are characterized by combining the pharmacophores of oxazolidinones and fluoroquinolones, and it is evaluated for treatment of Clostridium difficile gastrointestinal infections that frequently occur in hospitalized patients. In vitro protein synthesis inhibition by cadazolid was shown in Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, including an isolate resistant against linezolid, the prototypical oxazolidinone antibiotic. To better understand the mechanism of inhibition, we determined a 3.0 Å cryo-electron microscopy structure of cadazolid bound to the E. coli ribosome in complex with mRNA and initiator tRNA. Here we show that cadazolid binds with its oxazolidinone moiety in a binding pocket in close vicinity of the PTC as observed previously for linezolid, and that it extends its unique fluoroquinolone moiety towards the A-site of the PTC. In this position, the drug inhibits protein synthesis by interfering with the binding of tRNA to the A-site, suggesting that its chemical features also can enable the inhibition of linezolid-resistant strains.

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AcetamidesAnti-Bacterial AgentsClostridium InfectionsCryoelectron MicroscopyEscherichia coliFluoroquinolonesHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsOxazolidinonesPeptidyl TransferasesProtein Synthesis InhibitorsRibosomesRNA, Transfer, MetStaphylococcus aureusAcetamidesAnti-Bacterial AgentscadazolidFluoroquinolonesOxazolidinonesPeptidyl TransferasesProtein Synthesis InhibitorsRNA, Transfer, Met

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PMID30948752
PMCPMC6449356
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