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Gentamicin B1 is a minor gentamicin component with major nonsense mutation suppression activity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 28 Mar 2017
Baradaran-Heravi Alireza, Niesser Jürgen, Balgi Aruna D, Choi Kunho, Zimmerman Carla, South Andrew P, Anderson Hilary J, Strynadka Natalie C, Bally Marcel B, Roberge Michel
Abstract excerpt
Nonsense mutations underlie about 10% of rare genetic disease cases. They introduce a premature termination codon (PTC) and prevent the formation of full-length protein. Pharmaceutical gentamicin, a mixture of several related aminoglycosides, is a frequently used antibiotic in humans that can induce PTC readthrough and suppress nonsense mutations at high concentrations. However, testing of gentamicin in clinical...
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