title: Antibiotic inhibitors of the peptidyl transferase center. 1. Clindamycin as a composite analogue of the transfer RNA fragments L-Pro-Met and the D-ribosyl ring of adenosine.
abstract: Clindamycin's three-dimensional structure is shown via a computer rendered stereomodel to be strikingly similar to L-Pro-Met and the D-ribosyl ring of adenosine. This discovery has important implications for the rational design of new licosamides and for efforts to understand how this and related classes of agents selectively inhibit protein biosynthesis on the prokaryotic ribosome.
authors.affiliation: BioCipher BF, Frederick, MD 21705, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Fitzhugh
mesh_terms: D002981:Clindamycin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015195:Drug Design; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D002981:Clindamycin; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases