Schematic figure of the fusidic acid resistance (IMAGE)

Uppsala University

Schematic figure of the fusidic acid resistance

Caption

Schematic figure of the fusidic acid resistance “stop-motion” movie. On the left, the protein EF-G (green) is locked to the ribosome (light blue and white) by the antibiotic fusidic acid (dark blue). In the middle, FusB (pink) binds and breaks EF-G off the ribosome, which releases fusidic acid. On the right, the rescued ribosome is ready to resume protein synthesis.

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Maria Selmer

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