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EF-G_domain IV_RPP domain is a part of bacterial ribosomal protected proteins (RPP) family. RPPs such as tetracycline resistance proteins Tet(M) and Tet(O) mediate tetracycline resistance in both gram-positive and -negative species. Tetracyclines inhibit the accommodation of aminoacyl-tRNA into ribosomal A site and therefore prevent the addition of new amino acids to the growing polypeptide. RPPs Tet(M) confer tetracycline resistance by releasing tetracycline from the ribosome and thereby freeing the ribosome from inhibitory effects of the drug, such that aa-tRNA can bind to the A site and protein synthesis can continue.