Article ; Online: Engineered EF-Tu and tRNA-Based FRET Screening Assay to Find Inhibitors of Protein Synthesis in Bacteria.
Assay and drug development technologies
2018 Volume 16, Issue 4, Page(s) 212–221
Abstract: Antibiotic-resistant infections that do not respond to available drugs are becoming more common. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, carbapenem-resistant enterobacteria ("superbugs"), and many others pose a continuous threat to public health. To ...
Abstract | Antibiotic-resistant infections that do not respond to available drugs are becoming more common. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, carbapenem-resistant enterobacteria ("superbugs"), and many others pose a continuous threat to public health. To provide tools to combat such deadly infections, we present in this study a homogeneous assay focused on an insufficiently addressed molecular interaction linked to ribosomal translation. We show that a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) based screening assay can identify antibiotic molecules that inhibit ternary complex (EF-Tu:tRNA:GTP complex) formation, and therefore, protein synthesis in bacteria. Specifically engineered Escherichia coli EF-Tu and tRNA |
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MeSH term(s) | Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/isolation & purification ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology ; Escherichia coli/drug effects ; Escherichia coli/metabolism ; Escherichia coli Proteins/biosynthesis ; Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/genetics ; Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/isolation & purification ; Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/metabolism ; Protein Biosynthesis/drug effects ; Protein Engineering ; RNA, Transfer/chemistry ; RNA, Transfer/genetics ; RNA, Transfer/isolation & purification |
Chemical Substances | Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Escherichia coli Proteins ; RNA, Transfer (9014-25-9) ; Peptide Elongation Factor Tu (EC 3.6.1.-) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2018-06-05 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ISSN | 1557-8127 |
ISSN (online) | 1557-8127 |
DOI | 10.1089/adt.2018.843 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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