Mutation from guanine to adenine in 25S rRNA at the position equivalent to E. coli A2058 does not confer erythromycin sensitivity in Sacchromyces cerevisae

dc.contributor.authorBommakanti, Ananth S.
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Lasse
dc.contributor.authorZengel, Janice M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-19T18:49:38Z
dc.date.available2019-06-19T18:49:38Z
dc.date.issued2008-03
dc.description.abstractThe macrolide erythromycin binds to the large subunit of the prokaryotic ribosome near the peptidyltransferase center (PTC) and inhibits elongation of new peptide chains beyond a few amino acids. Nucleotides A2058 and A2059 (E. coli numbering) in 23S rRNA play a crucial role in the binding of erythromycin, and mutation of nucleotide A2058 confers erythromycin resistance in both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. There are high levels of sequence and structural similarity in the PTC of prokaryotic and eukaryotic ribosomes. However, eukaryotic ribosomes are resistant to erythromycin and the presence of a G at the position equivalent to E. coli nucleotide A2058 is believed to be the reason. To test this hypothesis, we introduced a G to A mutation at this position of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae 25S rRNA and analyzed sensitivity toward erythromycin. Neither growth studies nor erythromycin binding assays on mutated yeast ribosomes indicated any erythromycin sensitivity in mutated yeast strains. These results suggest that the identity of nucleotide 2058 is not the only determinant responsible for the difference in erythromycin sensitivity between yeast and prokaryotes.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by grant MCB 03499443 from the National Science Foundation.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/14/3/460en_US
dc.format.extent5 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m21icb-gnrh
dc.identifier.citationAnanth S. Bommakanti , et.al, Mutation from guanine to adenine in 25S rRNA at the position equivalent to E. coli A2058 does not confer erythromycin sensitivity in Sacchromyces cerevisae, RNA. 2008 Mar; 14(3): 460–464. DOI: 10.1261/rna.786408en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1261%2Frna.786408
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/14275
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe RNA Societyen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Biological Sciences Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subjectribosomeen_US
dc.subjectmacrolideen_US
dc.subjectpeptidyltransferaseen_US
dc.subjectpeptide exit tunnelen_US
dc.titleMutation from guanine to adenine in 25S rRNA at the position equivalent to E. coli A2058 does not confer erythromycin sensitivity in Sacchromyces cerevisaeen_US
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