Targeting membrane-bound bacterial cell wall precursors: a tried and true antibiotic strategy in nature and the clinic

NP Buijs, EJ Matheson, SA Cochrane… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Since Fleming's discovery of penicillin nearly a century ago, a bounty of natural product
antibiotics have been discovered, many of which continue to be of clinical importance today …

Undecaprenyl phosphate translocases confer conditional microbial fitness

B Sit, V Srisuknimit, E Bueno, FG Zingl, K Hullahalli… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The microbial cell wall is essential for maintenance of cell shape and resistance to external
stressors. The primary structural component of the cell wall is peptidoglycan, a glycopolymer …

Lipid-Centric Approaches in Combating Infectious Diseases: Antibacterials, Antifungals and Antivirals with Lipid-Associated Mechanisms of Action

OS Ostroumova, SS Efimova - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
One of the global challenges of the 21st century is the increase in mortality from infectious
diseases against the backdrop of the spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic …

The utility of Streptococcus mutans undecaprenol kinase for the chemoenzymatic synthesis of diverse non-natural isoprenoids

V Kumar, BP Johnson, PS Mandal, DR Sheffield… - Bioorganic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Isoprene chemoenzymatic cascades (ICCs) overcome the complexity of natural pathways by
leveraging a streamlined two-enzyme cascade, facilitating efficient synthesis of C5-isoprene …

Bacitracin enhances ceftriaxone susceptibility of the high-level ceftriaxone-resistant gonococcal FC428 clone

Y Gu, S Song, Q Zhu, R Jiao, X Lin, F Yang… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogen for which ceftriaxone
mono-antimicrobial therapy and ceftriaxone plus azithromycin dual-antimicrobial therapy are …

Synthesis and structure–activity relationship of novel thiazole aminoguanidines against MRSA and Escherichia coli

P Yang, HZ Liu, YS Wang, H Qi, LL Wang… - RSC Medicinal …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Novel lead thiazole aminoguanidines exhibited strong activity against Gram-positive
bacteria. The potential targets of these substances are undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase …

Optimizations of lipid II synthesis: an essential glycolipid precursor in bacterial cell wall synthesis and a validated antibiotic target

M Karak, CR Cloonan, BR Baker… - Beilstein Journal of …, 2024 - beilstein-journals.org
Lipid II is an essential glycolipid found in bacteria. Accessing this valuable cell wall
precursor is important both for studying cell wall synthesis and for studying/identifying novel …

[PDF][PDF] Elucidating the permeation mechanisms of the TRPV and TRPM ion channels using in silico electrophysiology

CM Ives - 2023 - discovery.dundee.ac.uk
I declare that this thesis is based on results obtained from research which I have personally
carried out in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee. I declare that the …

Unveiling an Innovative Iteration of the Isoprenol Pathways for Non-Natural Isoprenoid Synthesis

V Kumar, BP Johnson, PS Mandal, DR Sheffield… - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
Isoprenol pathways diverge from the complexity of natural routes by leveraging a
streamlined two-enzyme cascade, facilitating efficient synthesis of C5-isoprene diphosphate …