| Literature DB >> 7768878 |
Z Gu1, P S Lovett.
Abstract
Expression of the chloramphenicol resistance gene cat-86 is regulated by translation attenuation. Among the three ribosomally targeted antibiotics that can induce the gene, only amicetin has an unknown mode of action. Here we demonstrate that the nucleoside antibiotic amicetin is an inhibitor of bacterial peptidyl transferase. Thus, the three inducers of cat-86, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, and amicetin, interact with the peptidyl transferase region of bacterial ribosomes.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7768878 PMCID: PMC177074 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.12.3616-3618.1995
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490