All buffers and salts were purchased from BioShop (Burlington, ON, Canada) unless otherwise specified. Macrolide antibiotics, GTP, pyruvate kinase: lactate dehydrogenase (PK:LDH), phosphoenolpyruvate, and NADH were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Oakville, ON, Canada). Molecular biology kits and organic solvents were purchased from Fisher Scientific (Ottawa, ON, Canada). Telithromycin was purified from the drug formulation Ketek (400 mg, Sanofi-Aventis US)36 (link).
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