Antibiotic thermorubin tethers ribosomal subunits and impedes A-site interactions to perturb protein synthesis in bacteria

Thermorubin is a ribosome-targeting antibiotic. Here, using fast-kinetics and cryoEM, the authors reveal that thermorubin primarily blocks ribosome-recycling by tethering the ribosomal subunits besides impeding translation elongation and termination steps.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Narayan Prasad Parajuli, Andrew Emmerich, Chandra Sekhar Mandava, Michael Y. Pavlov, Suparna Sanyal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36528-7