1x7p

Structural highlights

Function

AVRB_STRVR Specifically methylates the 2'-O-ribose position of uridine-2479 in 23S ribosomal RNA. Confers resistance to antibiotic avilamycin, an orthosomycin antibiotic.^{[1] [2]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

References

1. ↑ Weitnauer G, Gaisser S, Trefzer A, Stockert S, Westrich L, Quiros LM, Mendez C, Salas JA, Bechthold A. An ATP-binding cassette transporter and two rRNA methyltransferases are involved in resistance to avilamycin in the producer organism Streptomyces viridochromogenes Tu57. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2001 Mar;45(3):690-5. PMID:11181344 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.45.3.690-695.2001
2. ↑ Treede I, Jakobsen L, Kirpekar F, Vester B, Weitnauer G, Bechthold A, Douthwaite S. The avilamycin resistance determinants AviRa and AviRb methylate 23S rRNA at the guanosine 2535 base and the uridine 2479 ribose. Mol Microbiol. 2003 Jul;49(2):309-18. PMID:12828631