Mode of Action of Lividomycin on Protein Synthesis in Escherichia coli

Abstract Lividomycin specifically inhibited bacterial protein synthesis and had codon misreading activity. Lividomycin, moreover, stimulated the binding of aminoacyl-transfer ribonucleic acid to ribosomes, but did not show any significant effects on the formation of aminoacyl-transfer ribonucleic acid and the puromycin reaction.