Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital report that human ribosomes decode messenger RNA (mRNA) 10 times slower than bacterial ribosomes, but do so more accurately. The study “mRNA ...

Now scientists have captured the first images of one important class of these enzymes in action. The images show how the enzymes latch onto a particular site on the bacterial ribosome and squeeze ...

Several classes of antibiotics target the bacterial ribosome to block protein synthesis. However, ribosome modifications that disrupt antibiotic binding lead to resistance. Reporting in Cell ...

The ribosome is vital because it translates genetic instructions into proteins needed for bacterial growth. By interrupting this critical process, lariocidin effectively halts bacterial survival.

The ribosome is the cell structure that produces proteins. Moreover, the macrolones were able to block ribosomes inside bacterial strains that are already resistant to macrolids.

Antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis are known to have some degree of antivirulence effects. Macrolides bind reversibly to 23S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) of the 50S subunit of bacterial ribosome ...

Bacterial resistance may be nearly impossible thanks to a new antibiotic researched by scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago. The antibiotic attacks bacteria in two different ways ...