Novel agents and drug targets to meet the challenges of resistant fungi

MW McCarthy, DP Kontoyiannis… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The emergence of drug-resistant fungi poses a major threat to human health. Despite
advances in preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic interventions, resistant fungal infections …

Nucleoside antibiotics: biosynthesis, regulation, and biotechnology

G Niu, H Tan - Trends in microbiology, 2015 - cell.com
The alarming rise in antibiotic-resistant pathogens has coincided with a decline in the supply
of new antibiotics. It is therefore of great importance to find and create new antibiotics …

The biosynthesis of nitrogen-, sulfur-, and high-carbon chain-containing sugars

CI Lin, RM McCarty, H Liu - Chemical Society reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbohydrates serve many structural and functional roles in biology. While the majority of
monosaccharides are characterized by the chemical composition (CH2O) n, modifications …

Molecular association of Candida albicans and vulvovaginal candidiasis: focusing on a solution

H David, AP Solomon - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Candida albicans-mediated vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a significant challenge in
clinical settings, owing to the inefficacy of current antifungals in modulating virulence …

Cryptic phosphorylation in nucleoside natural product biosynthesis

MM Draelos, A Thanapipatsiri, H Sucipto… - Nature chemical …, 2021 - nature.com
Kinases are annotated in many nucleoside biosynthetic gene clusters but generally are
considered responsible only for self-resistance. Here, we report an unexpected 2 …

Mur ligase inhibitors as anti-bacterials: a comprehensive review

JN Sangshetti, SS Joshi, RH Patil… - Current …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Exploring a new target for antibacterial drug discovery has gained much attention because
of the emergence of Multidrug Resistance (MDR) strains of bacteria. To overcome this …

Carbon extension in peptidylnucleoside biosynthesis by radical SAM enzymes

EA Lilla, K Yokoyama - Nature chemical biology, 2016 - nature.com
Nikkomycins and polyoxins are antifungal peptidylnucleoside antibiotics active against
human and plant pathogens. Here we report that during peptidylnucleoside biosynthesis in …

Developing the E. coli platform for efficient production of UMP-derived chemicals

L Yu, Y Gao, Y He, Y Liu, J Shen, H Liang, R Gong… - Metabolic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Methyluridine (5-MU) is a prominent intermediate for industrial synthesis of several antiviral-
drugs, however, its availability over the past decades has overwhelmingly relied on …

Identification and characterization of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of pyrimidine nucleoside antibiotics

M McErlean, X Liu, Z Cui, B Gust… - Natural product reports, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to September 2020 Hundreds of nucleoside-based natural products have been
isolated from various microorganisms, several of which have been utilized in agriculture as …

Pyruvate substitutions on glycoconjugates

FF Hager, L Sützl, C Stefanović, M Blaukopf… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Glycoconjugates are the most diverse biomolecules of life. Mostly located at the cell surface,
they translate into cell-specific “barcodes” and offer a vast repertoire of functions, including …