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Sarecycline inhibits protein translation in Cutibacterium acnes 70S ribosome using a two-site mechanism
Lomakin I, Devarkar S, Patel S, Grada A, Bunick C. Sarecycline inhibits protein translation in Cutibacterium acnes 70S ribosome using a two-site mechanism. Nucleic Acids Research 2023, 51: 2915-2930. PMID: 36864821, PMCID: PMC10085706, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcne VulgarisAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansPropionibacterium acnesProtein BiosynthesisRibosomesTetracyclinesSarecycline interferes with tRNA accommodation and tethers mRNA to the 70S ribosome
Batool Z, Lomakin IB, Polikanov YS, Bunick CG. Sarecycline interferes with tRNA accommodation and tethers mRNA to the 70S ribosome. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 20530-20537. PMID: 32817463, PMCID: PMC7456112, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2008671117.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Structures of proline-rich peptides bound to the ribosome reveal a common mechanism of protein synthesis inhibition
Gagnon MG, Roy RN, Lomakin IB, Florin T, Mankin AS, Steitz TA. Structures of proline-rich peptides bound to the ribosome reveal a common mechanism of protein synthesis inhibition. Nucleic Acids Research 2016, 44: 2439-2450. PMID: 26809677, PMCID: PMC4797290, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesBinding SitesCattleCrystallography, X-RayEscherichia coliInsect ProteinsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataPeptides, CyclicProtein BindingProtein BiosynthesisRibosomesRNA, MessengerRNA, TransferSpecies SpecificityThermus thermophilus