Open AccessCharacterization of GE82832, a peptide inhibitor of translocation interacting with bacterial 30S ribosomal subunits
Author(s) -
Letizia Brandi,
Attilio Fabbretti,
M. Di Stefano,
Ameriga Lazzarini,
Monica Abbondi,
Claudio O. Gualerzi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
rna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.037
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1469-9001
pISSN - 1355-8382
DOI - 10.1261/rna.61206
Subject(s) - 30s , biology , ribosomal rna , ribosomal protein , 50s , protein subunit , eukaryotic small ribosomal subunit , eukaryotic large ribosomal subunit , chromosomal translocation , ribosome , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , rna , 18s ribosomal rna , gene
GE82832, a secondary metabolite produced by Streptosporangium cinnabarinum (strain GE82832), has been identified as a translational inhibitor by in vitro screening of a library of natural products. Secondary functional tests specific for individual steps of the translational pathway demonstrated that translocation is the specific target of GE82832. Chemical probing in situ demonstrated that this antibiotic protects bases A1324 and A1333 and exposes C1336 of 16S rRNA, thereby indicating that its binding site is located on the head of the 30S ribosomal subunit. The ribosomal location of GE82832, near ribosomal protein S13 and G1338, two elements of the small subunit that are part of or close to the B1a intrasubunit bridge, suggests that translocation inhibition results from an altered dynamics of 30S–50S ribosomal subunit interaction.
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