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abstract:
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text: 'Antibiotics that interfere with translation, when combined, interact in diverse
and difficult-to-predict ways. Here, we explain these interactions by “translation
bottlenecks”: points in the translation cycle where antibiotics block ribosomal
progression. To elucidate the underlying mechanisms of drug interactions between
translation inhibitors, we generate translation bottlenecks genetically using
inducible control of translation factors that regulate well-defined translation
cycle steps. These perturbations accurately mimic antibiotic action and drug interactions,
supporting that the interplay of different translation bottlenecks causes these
interactions. We further show that growth laws, combined with drug uptake and
binding kinetics, enable the direct prediction of a large fraction of observed
interactions, yet fail to predict suppression. However, varying two translation
bottlenecks simultaneously supports that dense traffic of ribosomes and competition
for translation factors account for the previously unexplained suppression. These
results highlight the importance of “continuous epistasis” in bacterial physiology.'
acknowledgement: "We thank M. Hennessey-Wesen, I. Tomanek, K. Jain, A. Staron, K.
Tomasek, M. Scott,\r\nK.C. Huang, and Z. Gitai for reading the manuscript and constructive
comments. B.K. is\r\nindebted to C. Guet for additional guidance and generous support,
which rendered this\r\nwork possible. B.K. thanks all members of Guet group for
many helpful discussions and\r\nsharing of resources. B.K. additionally acknowledges
the tremendous support from A.\r\nAngermayr and K. Mitosch with experimental work.
We further thank E. Brown for\r\nhelpful comments regarding lamotrigine, and A.
Buskirk for valuable suggestions\r\nregarding the ribosome footprint size. This
work was supported in part by Austrian\r\nScience Fund (FWF) standalone grants P
27201-B22 (to T.B.) and P 28844 (to G.T.),\r\nHFSP program Grant RGP0042/2013 (to
T.B.), German Research Foundation (DFG)\r\nstandalone grant BO 3502/2-1 (to T.B.),
and German Research Foundation (DFG)\r\nCollaborative Research Centre (SFB) 1310
(to T.B.). Open access funding provided by\r\nProjekt DEAL."
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author:
- first_name: Bor
full_name: Kavcic, Bor
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last_name: Kavcic
orcid: 0000-0001-6041-254X
- first_name: Gašper
full_name: Tkačik, Gašper
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last_name: Tkačik
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- first_name: Tobias
full_name: Bollenbach, Tobias
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last_name: Bollenbach
orcid: 0000-0003-4398-476X
citation:
ama: Kavcic B, Tkačik G, Bollenbach MT. Mechanisms of drug interactions between
translation-inhibiting antibiotics. Nature Communications. 2020;11. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17734-z
apa: Kavcic, B., Tkačik, G., & Bollenbach, M. T. (2020). Mechanisms of drug
interactions between translation-inhibiting antibiotics. Nature Communications.
Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17734-z
chicago: Kavcic, Bor, Gašper Tkačik, and Mark Tobias Bollenbach. “Mechanisms of
Drug Interactions between Translation-Inhibiting Antibiotics.” Nature Communications.
Springer Nature, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17734-z.
ieee: B. Kavcic, G. Tkačik, and M. T. Bollenbach, “Mechanisms of drug interactions
between translation-inhibiting antibiotics,” Nature Communications, vol.
11. Springer Nature, 2020.
ista: Kavcic B, Tkačik G, Bollenbach MT. 2020. Mechanisms of drug interactions between
translation-inhibiting antibiotics. Nature Communications. 11, 4013.
mla: Kavcic, Bor, et al. “Mechanisms of Drug Interactions between Translation-Inhibiting
Antibiotics.” Nature Communications, vol. 11, 4013, Springer Nature, 2020,
doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17734-z.
short: B. Kavcic, G. Tkačik, M.T. Bollenbach, Nature Communications 11 (2020).
date_created: 2020-08-12T09:13:50Z
date_published: 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2024-03-27T23:30:08Z
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