Sensitivity of elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) from different bacterial species to the antibiotics efrotomycin, pulvomycin and MDL 62879.
The sensitivity of elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) from different species of bacteria to the EF-Tu-binding antibiotics efrotomycin, pulvomycin and MDL 62879 was tested by measuring the effect of these antibiotics on cell-free protein synthesis systems. EF-Tu from four different Gram-negative species was sensitive to all three antibiotics. Among Gram-positive bacteria, EF-Tu of Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis was resistant to efrotomycin and less sensitive to pulvomycin than EF-Tu of Gram-negative bacteria. EF-Tus from streptococci were significantly less sensitive than EF-Tus from Gram-negative bacteria to both efrotomycin and pulvomycin. All of the EF-Tus were sensitive to MDL 62879. The same sensitivity pattern emerged from GDP exchange assays, performed with partially purified EF-Tu from different bacterial species and pure Escherichia coli EF-Ts. These results suggest that the site of action of MDL 62879 is more conserved among bacterial species than those of efrotomycin and pulvomycin. Heterogeneity of EF-Tus from different bacterial species was also reflected in differences in their apparent molecular masses estimated by SDS-PAGE. EF-Tus from the Gram-positive species had higher molecular masses than those from all but one of the Gram-negative species.
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Marion Merrell Dow Research Institute, Lepetit Research Center, Gerenzano, Varese, Italy.
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D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D010444:Peptide Elongation Factor Tu / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011728:Pyridones / Q000494:pharmacology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology
D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D011728:Pyridones; D013844:Thiazoles; C012521:pulvomycin; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; C012954:efrotomycin; D010444:Peptide Elongation Factor Tu; C068122:GE 2270 A