Aminoglycoside antibiotics bind to the influenza A virus RNA promoter

Henna Kim, Mi‐Kyung Lee, Junsang Ko, Chin‐Ju Park, Meehyein Kim, Yujeong Jeong, Sungwoo Hong, Gabriele Varani, Byong-Seok Choi

Molecular BioSystems · 2012 · 22 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Aminoglycosides bind to the influenza A virus promoter (vRNA) at submicromolar concentration. The complex structure between the vRNA and neomycin illustrates that binding of neomycin causes a conformational change which would affect further transcription processes. Thus, aminoglycosides represent lead compounds for the discovery of antiviral therapeutics against influenza A virus.

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