Article
Structural Bases for the Fitness Cost of the Antibiotic-Resistance and Lethal Mutations at Position 1408 of 16S rRNA.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 31 Dec 2019
Kondo Jiro, Koganei Mai
Abstract excerpt
To understand a structural basis for the fitness cost of the A1408G antibiotic-resistance mutation in the ribosomal A-site RNA, we have determined crystal structures of its A1408C and A1408U lethal mutants, and made comparison with previously solved structures of the wild type and the antibiotic-resistant mutant. The A-site RNA containing an asymmetric internal loop functions as a molecular switch to discriminate...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
