Description
TetracyclineisapolyketideantibioticoriginallyproducedbyStreptomycesthatexhibitsantibacterialandneuroprotectiveactivities.Tetracyclinebindsthe30Ssubunitofthebacterialribosome,preventingaminoacyl-tRNAfrombindingtotheribosomalAsiteandinhibitingproteinsynthesis.Tetracyclineisclinicallyusedtotreatacne,rosacea,Lymedisease,andvariousbacterialinfections.Tetracyclinebindsamyloid-β(Aβ)peptides,increasingtheirsolubilityanddecreasingtheirneurotoxicityinvitro.Tetracyclinemayalsoinhibitmatrixmetalloproteinases(MMPs).Additionally,tetracyclineinhibitsmammalianRNAsplicing.
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