title: Polyamines and antibiotic effects on translation.
abstract: Protein synthesis was studied in polyamine-auxotrophic mutants of Escherichia coli. The decreased protein synthesizing rate observed both in vivo and in vitro in polyamine-starved bacteria is due to defective 30S ribosomal subparticles which are impaired in the initiation step of translation. Analysis of peptides synthesized in vivo suggests a more extensive misreading by putrescine-depleted bacteria. Cells grown without polyamine show a markedly decreased response to the inhibitory effect and the misreading inducing action of streptomycin in vivo and in vitro. The polyamine-starved bacteria are also less sensitive to other aminoglycoside antibiotics such as neomycin, kanamycin and kasugamycin.
mesh_terms: D000617:Aminoglycosides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002474:Cell-Free System; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011073:Polyamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D011700:Putrescine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl / Q000378:metabolism; D012358:RNA, Transfer, Met; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011073:Polyamines; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl; D012358:RNA, Transfer, Met; C024988:tRNA, formylmethionine-; D011700:Putrescine; D013307:Streptomycin