Biology · Microbiology

Erythromycin is an inhibitor of protein synthesis. It acts by:

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1causing premature chain termination by acting as an analog of aminoacyl-tRNA in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
2inhibiting the peptidyl transferase activity of the eukaryotic 60S ribosomal subunit.
3binding to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome, thus inhibiting translocation.✓
4binding to the 30S subunit of the bacterial ribosome, thus inhibiting the binding of aminoacyl-tRNAs.

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binding to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome, thus inhibiting translocation.

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