Targeting bacterial central metabolism for drug development

P Murima, JD McKinney, K Pethe - Chemistry & biology, 2014 - cell.com
Current antibiotics, derived mainly from natural sources, inhibit a narrow spectrum of cellular
processes, namely DNA replication, protein synthesis, and cell wall biosynthesis. With the …

Progress in Targeting Cell Envelope Biogenesis in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

M Jackson, MR McNeil, PJ Brennan - Future microbiology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Most of the newly discovered compounds showing promise for the treatment of TB, notably
multidrug-resistant TB, inhibit aspects of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell envelope …

Elucidating the path to Plasmodium prolyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors that overcome halofuginone resistance

MA Tye, NC Payne, C Johansson, K Singh… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The development of next-generation antimalarials that are efficacious against the human
liver and asexual blood stages is recognized as one of the world's most pressing public …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis metabolism

DF Warner - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Metabolism underpins the physiology and pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
However, although experimental mycobacteriology has provided key insights into the …

Sulfamic acid and its N-and O-substituted derivatives

W Spillane, JB Malaubier - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
In 1980 sulfamic acid and its N-substituted derivatives were reviewed in Chemical Reviews,
1 effectively updating an earlier 1940 review 2 also in Chemical Reviews. In 1991 the …

Role of post‐translational modifications in the acquisition of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

G Arora, A Bothra, G Prosser, K Arora… - The FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the primary causes of deaths due to infectious diseases. The
current TB regimen is long and complex, failing of which leads to relapse and/or the …

The implication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-mediated metabolism of targeted xenobiotics

V Singh, GA Dziwornu, K Chibale - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Drug metabolism is generally associated with liver enzymes. However, in the case of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), Mtb-mediated …

The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa exploits bacterial biotin synthesis pathway to benefit its infectivity

Y Shi, Q Cao, J Sun, X Hu, Z Su, Y Xu, H Zhang… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that predominantly causes
nosocomial and community-acquired lung infections. As a member of ESKAPE pathogens …

Spatiotemporal proximity labeling tools to track GlcNAc sugar-modified functional protein hubs during cellular signaling

Y Liu, ZM Nelson, A Reda, C Fehl - ACS chemical biology, 2022 - ACS Publications
A fundamental mechanism that all eukaryotic cells use to adapt to their environment is
dynamic protein modification with monosaccharide sugars. In humans, O-linked N …

Small-Molecule Probes Reveal Esterases with Persistent Activity in Dormant and Reactivating Mycobacterium tuberculosis

KR Tallman, SR Levine, KE Beatty - ACS infectious diseases, 2016 - ACS Publications
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the deadliest bacterial pathogen in the world. An
estimated one-third of humans harbor Mtb in a dormant state. These asymptomatic, latent …