Function
Also shown in vitro to be a translation initiation blocker. Binds to the 70S ribosome and 50S ribosomal subunit; binding is inhibited by hygromycin A and tetracycline, both of which bind to the 30S subunit in the A site. Thus YoeB is located at the interface between 50S and 30S ribosomes and interacts with the A site where it cleaves mRNA, blocking translation initiation.