Metalloenzyme mimicry and modulation strategies to conquer antimicrobial resistance: Metal-ligand coordination perspectives

YO Ayipo, WA Osunniran, HF Babamale… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The incessant resistivity of pathogenic microbes to antibiotics continuously constitutes a
major threat to human wellness, thus, searching for effective therapeutic approaches …

Penicillin binding proteins and β-lactamases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: reexamination of the historical paradigm

G Kumar, C Galanis, HR Batchelder, CA Townsend… - MSphere, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) have been extensively studied due to their importance to
the physiology of bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan and as targets of the most widely used …

Occurrence of blaNDM-1, blaNDM-5, blaNDM-7, and blaKPC-2 genes in clinical isolates of enterobacterales with high genetic variability, from colonization …

LR Martins, MIS Pimentel, ÉM de Oliveira… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims This study aimed to investigate the presence of beta-lactams resistance genes and the
clonal relationship of clinical isolates of Enterobacterales obtained from patients with and …

Involvement of the non-active site residues in the catalytic activity of NDM-4 metallo beta-lactamase

J Verma, D Jain, AP Panda, S Kant, G Kumar… - The Protein …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The rise of New Delhi metallo beta-lactamase (NDM) producing bacteria imposes a
significant threat to the treatment of bacterial infections due to their broad spectrum against …

Deciphering the role of residues in the loops nearing the active site of OXA-58 in imparting beta-lactamase activity

D Jain, J Verma, AS Ghosh - Microbiology, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
The existence of OXA-58 carbapenemase alone or in combination with other beta-lactam
resistance factors poses significant beta-lactam resistance. The exact mechanism of action …

Two non-active site residues W165 and L166 prominently influence the beta-lactam hydrolytic ability of OXA-23 beta-lactamase

D Jain, J Verma, T Ajith, A Bhattacharjee… - The Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Dissemination of class D OXA-type carbapenemases is one of the significant causes of beta-
lactam resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. The amino acid residues present near the …