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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2022

A Structurally Characterized

Laura Perlaza-Jiménez, Kher-Shing Tan, Sarah J Piper, Rachel M Johnson, Rebecca S Bamert, Christopher J Stubenrauch, Alexander Wright, David Lupton, Trevor Lithgow, Matthew J Belousoff

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2022. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laura Perlaza-Jiménez *Centre to Impact AMR, Monash Universitygrid.1002.3, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Kher-Shing Tan *Centre to Impact AMR, Monash Universitygrid.1002.3, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Sarah J PiperDrug Development Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Rachel M JohnsonDrug Development Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Rebecca S BamertCentre to Impact AMR, Monash Universitygrid.1002.3, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Christopher J StubenrauchCentre to Impact AMR, Monash Universitygrid.1002.3, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4388-3184
Alexander WrightSchool of Chemistry, Monash Universitygrid.1002.3, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
David LuptonSchool of Chemistry, Monash Universitygrid.1002.3, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Trevor LithgowCentre to Impact AMR, Monash Universitygrid.1002.3, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0102-7884
Matthew J BelousoffInfection Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash Universitygrid.1002.3, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3229-474X
Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute · AUMonash University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial pathogen that presents great health concerns. Treatment requires the use of last-line antibiotics, such as members of the oxazolidinone family, of which linezolid is the first member to see regular use in the clinic. Here, we report a short time scale selection experiment in which strains of MRSA were subjected to linezolid treatment. Clonal isolates which had evolved a linezolid-resistant phenotype were characterized by whole-genome sequencing. Linezolid-resistant mutants were identified which had accumulated mutations in the ribosomal protein uL3. Multiple clones which had two mutations in uL3 exhibited resistance to linezolid, 2-fold higher than the clinical breakpoint. Ribosomes from this strain were isolated and subjected to single-particle cryo-electron microscopic analysis and compared to the ribosomes from the parent strain. We found that the mutations in uL3 lead to a rearrangement of a loop that makes contact with Helix 90, propagating a structural change over 15 Å away. This distal change swings nucleotide U2504 into the binding site of the antibiotic, causing linezolid resistance.

Indexed as

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcal InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansLinezolidMicrobial Sensitivity TestsStaphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial AgentsLinezolidantibiotic resistanceantibioticsantimicrobial resistancecryoEMdrug resistance evolutionelectron microscopylinezolidMRSAribosomesStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID35736238
PMCPMC9431193
OpenAlexW4283323294

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