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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 50, Issue 4, Pages 2128-2142Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac058
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- Wellcome Trust [108466/Z/15/Z, 203743/Z/16/Z]
- Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsradet) [2017-03783, 2021-01146, 2019-01085]
- University of Leeds
- Vinnova [2019-01085] Funding Source: Vinnova
- Wellcome Trust [203743/Z/16/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
- Swedish Research Council [2021-01146, 2019-01085, 2017-03783] Funding Source: Swedish Research Council
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The study reveals the importance of Sal proteins as a common source of resistance to pleuromutilin (PLM) in various species of staphylococci. Different Sal-type proteins have varying abilities to mediate resistance to PLMs and other antibiotics, and specific sal genes are intrinsic to particular staphylococcal species. The cryo-EM structure of a representative Sal-type protein in complex with the staphylococcal ribosome shows that Sal proteins bind to the E site and protect the target by displacing PLMs and other antibiotics through an allosteric mechanism.
The first member of the pleuromutilin (PLM) class suitable for systemic antibacterial chemotherapy in humans recently entered clinical use, underscoring the need to better understand mechanisms of PLM resistance in disease-causing bacterial genera. Of the proteins reported to mediate PLM resistance in staphylococci, the least-well studied to date is Sal(A), a putative ABC-F NTPase that-by analogy to other proteins of this type-may act to protect the ribosome from PLMs. Here, we establish the importance of Sal proteins as a common source of PLM resistance across multiple species of staphylococci. Sal(A) is revealed as but one member of a larger group of Sal-type ABC-F proteins that vary considerably in their ability to mediate resistance to PLMs and other antibiotics. We find that specific sal genes are intrinsic to particular staphylococcal species, and show that this gene family is likely ancestral to the genus Staphylococcus. Finally, we solve the cryo-EM structure of a representative Sal-type protein (Sal(B)) in complex with the staphylococcal 70S ribosome, revealing that Sal-type proteins bind into the E site to mediate target protection, likely by displacing PLMs and other antibiotics via an allosteric mechanism.
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