Release of (oligo) peptidyl-tRNA from ribosomes by erythromycin A.

Tadahiko Otaka, Akira Kaji

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1975 · 48 citations · 21 references

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Erythromycin A released peptidyl-tRNA in the in vitro polypeptide synthesis system with bacterial components programmed by synthetic polynucleotide. This is consistent with our hypothesis that erythromycin A inhibits translocation by preventing proper situation of oligopeptidyl-tRNA in the donor (D) site on ribosomes.

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