Tetracycline does not directly inhibit the function of bacterial elongation factor Tu

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dc.contributor.authorGzyl, Katherine E.
dc.contributor.authorWieden, Hans-Joachim
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-19T18:26:58Z
dc.date.available2018-06-19T18:26:58Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionSherpa Romeo green journal. Open access article. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) applies.en_US
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding the molecular mechanism of antibiotics that are currently in use is important for the development of new antimicrobials. The tetracyclines, discovered in the 1940s, are a well-established class of antibiotics that still have a role in treating microbial infections in humans. It is generally accepted that the main target of their action is the ribosome. The esti- mated affinity for tetracycline binding to the ribosome is relatively low compared to the actual potency of the drug in vivo . Therefore, additional inhibitory effects of tetracycline on the translation machinery have been discussed. Structural evidence suggests that tetracycline inhibits the function of the essential bacterial GTPase Elongation Factor (EF)-Tu through interaction with the bound nucleotide. Based on this, tetracycline has been predicted to impede the nucleotide-binding properties of EF-Tu. However, detailed kinetic studies addressing the effect of tetracycline on nucleotide binding have been prevented by the fluorescence properties of the antibiotic. Here, we report a fluorescence-bas ed kinetic assay that minimizes the effect of tetracycline autofluorescence, enabling the detailed kinetic analysis of the nucleotide-bin ding properties of Escherichia coli EF-Tu. Further- more, using physiologica lly relevant conditions, we demonstrate that tetracycline does not affect EF-Tu’s intrinsic or ribosome-stimulated GTPase activity, nor the stability of the EF- Tu•GTP•Phe-tRNA Phe complex. We therefore provide clear evidence that tetracycline does not directly impede the function of EF-Tu.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationGzyl, K.E., & Wieden, H-J. (2017). Tetracycline does not directly inhibit the function of bacterial elongation factor Tu. PloS ONE, 12(5), e0178523. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178523en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5130
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistryen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectTetracyclineen_US
dc.subjectEF-Tuen_US
dc.subjectElongation factor
dc.subjectKinetic analysis
dc.subjectNucleotide binding
dc.subjectAutofluorescence
dc.subjectGTPase
dc.subjectInhibit
dc.subjectAntibiotic
dc.subjectAntimicrobial drugs
dc.subject.lcshTetracyclines
dc.subject.lcshGuanosine triphosphatase
dc.subject.lcshAnti-infective agents
dc.subject.lcshAntibiotics
dc.titleTetracycline does not directly inhibit the function of bacterial elongation factor Tuen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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