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23S rRNA 2058A-->G alteration mediates ketolide resistance in combination with deletion in L22.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2006
Berisio Rita, Corti Natascia, Pfister Peter, Yonath Ada, Böttger Erik C
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to macrolides and ketolides occurs mainly via alterations in RNA moieties of the drug-binding site. Using an A2058G mutant of Mycobacterium smegmatis, additional telithromycin resistance was acquired via deletion of 15 residues from protein L22. Molecular modeling, based on the crystal structure of the large ribosomal subunit from Deinococcus radiodurans complexed with telithromycin, shows that the...
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