A Steric Block in Translation Caused by the Antibiotic Spectinomycin
- 1 August 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Chemical Biology
- Vol. 2 (8), 545-552
- https://doi.org/10.1021/cb700100n
Abstract
The widely used antibiotic spectinomycin inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by blocking translocation of messenger RNA and transfer RNAs on the ribosome. Here, we show that in crystals of the Escherichia coli 70S ribosome spectinomycin binding traps a distinct swiveling state of the head domain of the small ribosomal subunit. Spectinomycin also alters the rate and completeness of reverse translocation in vitro. These structural and biochemical data indicate that in solution spectinomycin sterically blocks swiveling of the head domain of the small ribosomal subunit and thereby disrupts the translocation cycle.Keywords
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