Sergey Melnikov
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Sergey Melnikov
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Group Leader at Newcastle University, UK. www.melnikovlab.com
Here, we show that bacterial ribosomes—often viewed as conserved drug targets—actually vary across species due to extensive sequence variation in their drug-binding residues. In some cases, this divergence may lead to intrinsic drug resistance in certain bacterial clades: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
June 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Here we unexpectedly find that the ribosomal protein S20/L26—identified at the dawn of ribosome research but later deemed a biochemical artifact—is indeed a genuine component of the large ribosomal subunit. More on this ribosome content variation is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structurally heterogeneous ribosomes cooperate in protein synthesis in bacterial cells - Nature Communications
Cells can simultaneously produce structurally dissimilar ribosomes, suggesting functional specialization of distinct ribosome populations. Here, the authors show that distinct ribosomes cooperate rath...
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March 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Reposted by Sergey Melnikov
Thrilled to share our recent discovery from the Agrawal and Ojha Labs: an Actinobacteria-specific ribosome hibernation factor bound to Mycobacterium tuberculosis ribosomes isolated from biofilms. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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December 2, 2024 at 9:09 PM