
It inhibits protein synthesis by attaching to the ribosome and interferes

of protein synthesis, antibiotics can block any step in this process and
INHIBITION OF PROTIEN SYNTHESIS

Figure 3: Basic elements of protein translation. (Click on image to enlarge)

Antimicrobials 1: Antibiotics

Protein synthesis can be divided into three phases: initiation, elongation,

Fig 3 Antibiotics that act at the level of protein synthesis initiation

Fig 4 Antibiotics that act at the level of the elongation phase of protein

Inhibition of protein synthesis by antibiotics

inhibition of protein synthesis, and inhibition of cell-wall turnover.

Inhibition of Protein Synthesis in Prokaryotes.

Different steps in protein synthesis are susceptible to inhibition by

Antibiotics: Protein synthesis inhibitors

Inhibition of protein synthesis and 50S ribosomal subunit formation in S.

A macrolide antibiotic of Clarithromycin is responsible for protein

The most common mode is enzymatic inactivation of the antibiotic.

Diagrammatic representation of inhibition sites of protein biosynthesis by

finally resulting in the inhibition of protein synthesis.

Erythromycin and other macrolide antibiotics inhibit protein synthesis by

Inhibition of protein synthesis by RNA-binding antibiotics