Description: Animation showing the Mechanism of Action of Aminoglycosides 2 (Aminoglycosides Interfering withTranslation by causing a Misreading of the Codons along the mRNA)
The aminoglycosides (streptomycin, neomycin, netilmicin, tobramycin, gentamicin, amikacin, etc.) bind irreversibly to the 30S subunit of bacterial ribosomes. Aminoglycosides interfere with the proofreading process that helps assure the accuracy of translation. Possibly the antibiotics reduce the rejection rate for tRNAs that are near matches for the codon. This leads to misreading of the codons or premature termination of protein synthesis.

(Aminoglycosides Interfering withTranslation by causing a Misreading of the Codons along the mRNA)
The aminoglycosides (streptomycin, neomycin, netilmicin, tobramycin, gentamicin, amikacin, etc.) bind irreversibly to the 30S subunit of bacterial ribosomes. Aminoglycosides interfere with the proofreading process that helps assure the accuracy of translation. Possibly the antibiotics reduce the rejection rate for tRNAs that are near matches for the codon. This leads to misreading of the codons or premature termination of protein synthesis.