Rasmussen B A, Gluzman Y, Tally F P
Department of Molecular Biology, American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York 10965.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1994 Jul;38(7):1658-60. doi: 10.1128/AAC.38.7.1658.
One of the two major mechanisms of tetracycline resistance is ribosomal protection. Of this resistance type, tet(M) is the best characterized. Although the mechanism of tet(M) resistance has not yet been fully elucidated, it has been demonstrated that ribosomes isolated from a tet(M) strain are resistant to inhibition of protein synthesis by tetracycline. A new generation of tetracycline compounds, the glycylcyclines, that are able to inhibit protein synthesis occurring on tetracycline-resistant, TetM-protected ribosomes, as well as wild-type, tetracycline-sensitive ribosomes, have been identified.
四环素耐药性的两种主要机制之一是核糖体保护。在这种耐药类型中,tet(M)的特征最为明确。尽管tet(M)耐药性的机制尚未完全阐明,但已证明从tet(M)菌株分离出的核糖体对四环素抑制蛋白质合成具有抗性。新一代四环素化合物——甘氨酰环素已被鉴定出来,它能够抑制在四环素耐药、TetM保护的核糖体以及野生型、四环素敏感核糖体上发生的蛋白质合成。