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Staphylococcus aureus YoeB homologues inhibit translation initiation

  • Satoshi Yoshizumi
  • , Yonglong Zhang
  • , Yoshihiro Yamaguchi
  • , Liang Chen
  • , Barry N. Kreiswirth
  • , Masayori Inouye
  • Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
  • Public Health Research Institute, New York

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Abstract

YoeB is a bacterial toxin encoded by the yefM-yoeB toxin-antitoxin system found in various bacterial genomes. Here, we show that Staphylococcus aureus contains two YoeB homologues, both of which function as ribosome-dependent mRNA interferases to inhibit translation initiation in a manner identical to that of YoeB-ec from Escherichia coli.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5868-5872
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Bacteriology
Volume191
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2009

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