Article
Ketolide antimicrobial activity persists after disruption of interactions with domain II of 23S rRNA.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2004
Novotny Guy W, Jakobsen Lene, Andersen Niels M, Poehlsgaard Jacob, Douthwaite Stephen
Abstract excerpt
Ketolides are the latest derivatives developed from the macrolide erythromycin to improve antimicrobial activity. All macrolides and ketolides bind to the 50S ribosomal subunit, where they come into contact with adenosine 2058 (A2058) within domain V of the 23S rRNA and block protein synthesis. An additional interaction at nucleotide A752 in the rRNA domain II is made via the synthetic carbamate-alkyl-aryl...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Erythromycin
- Escherichia coli
- Ketolides
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Models, Molecular
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Mutation
- Plasmids
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S
- Tylosin
