Structures of the Staphylococcus aureus ribosome inhibited by fusidic acid and fusidic acid cyclopentane.

ABSTRACT: The antibiotic fusidic acid (FA) is used to treat Staphylococcus aureus infections. It inhibits protein synthesis by binding to elongation factor G (EF-G) and preventing its release from the ribosome after translocation. While FA, due to permeability issues, is only effective against gram-positive bacteria, the available structures of FA-inhibited complexes are from gram-negative model organisms. To fill this knowledge gap, we solved cryo-EM structures of the S. aureus ribosome in complex with mRNA, tRNA, EF-G and FA to 2.5 Å resolution and the corresponding complex structures with the recently developed FA derivative FA-cyclopentane (FA-CP) to 2.0 Å resolution. With both FA variants, the majority of the ribosomal particles are observed in chimeric state and only a minor population in post

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Lopez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11190147 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature