Rifampin: mechanisms of action and resistance.

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Rifampin specifically inhibits bacterial RNA polymerase, the enzyme responsible for DNA transcription, by forming a stable drug-enzyme complex with a binding constant of 10(-9) M at 37 C. The corresponding mammalian enzymes are not affected by rifampin. Bacterial resistance to rifampin is caused by mutations leading to a change in the structure of the beta subunit of RNA polymerase. Such resistance is not an...

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