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Structural analysis of kasugamycin inhibition of translation.
Nature structural & molecular biology - 1 Oct 2006
Schuwirth Barbara S, Day J Michael, Hau Cathy W, Janssen Gary R, Dahlberg Albert E, Cate Jamie H Doudna, Vila-Sanjurjo Antón
Abstract excerpt
The prokaryotic ribosome is an important target of antibiotic action. We determined the X-ray structure of the aminoglycoside kasugamycin (Ksg) in complex with the Escherichia coli 70S ribosome at 3.5-A resolution. The structure reveals that the drug binds within the messenger RNA channel of the...
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