Biofilm control by interfering with c-di-GMP metabolism and signaling

X Liu, B Cao, L Yang, JD Gu - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofilm formation and biofilm-induced biodeterioration of surfaces have deeply affected the
life of our community. Cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) is a small …

Small molecule anti-biofilm agents developed on the basis of mechanistic understanding of biofilm formation

K Qvortrup, LD Hultqvist, M Nilsson… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microbial biofilms are the cause of persistent infections associated with various medical
implants and distinct body sites such as the urinary tract, lungs, and wounds. Compared with …

Riboswitches in eubacteria sense the second messenger c-di-AMP

JW Nelson, N Sudarsan, K Furukawa… - Nature chemical …, 2013 - nature.com
Cyclic di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is a recently discovered bacterial second
messenger implicated in the control of cell wall metabolism, osmotic stress responses and …

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel cyclic adenosine–inosine monophosphate (cAIMP) analogs that activate stimulator of interferon genes (STING)

T Lioux, MA Mauny, A Lamoureux… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We describe novel STING-activating cyclic dinucleotides whose constituent nucleosides are
adenosine and inosine and that vary by ribose substitution, internucleotide linkage position …

High-throughput screening using the differential radial capillary action of ligand assay identifies ebselen as an inhibitor of diguanylate cyclases

OJ Lieberman, MW Orr, Y Wang, VT Lee - ACS chemical biology, 2014 - ACS Publications
The rise of bacterial resistance to traditional antibiotics has motivated recent efforts to
identify new drug candidates that target virulence factors or their regulatory pathways. One …

Cyclic dinucleotide (c-di-GMP, c-di-AMP, and cGAMP) signalings have come of age to be inhibited by small molecules

C Opoku-Temeng, J Zhou, Y Zheng, J Su… - Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacteria utilize nucleotide-based second messengers to regulate a myriad of physiological
processes. Cyclic dinucleotides have emerged as central regulators of bacterial physiology …

Hybrid promiscuous (Hypr) GGDEF enzymes produce cyclic AMP-GMP (3′, 3′-cGAMP)

ZF Hallberg, XC Wang, TA Wright… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Over 30 years ago, GGDEF domain-containing enzymes were shown to be diguanylate
cyclases that produce cyclic di-GMP (cdiG), a second messenger that modulates the key …

Compositions and methods for altering second messenger signaling

D Patel, T Tuschl, M Ascano, Y Wu, Y Liu… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
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Screening for diguanylate cyclase (DGC) inhibitors mitigating bacterial biofilm formation

KH Cho, RG Tryon, JH Kim - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The majority of bacteria in the natural environment organize themselves into communal
biofilms. Biofilm formation benefits bacteria conferring resistance to harmful molecules (eg …

Targeting cyclic di-GMP signalling: a strategy to control biofilm formation?

DL Caly, D Bellini, MA Walsh… - Current …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Cyclic di-GMP is a second messenger found in almost all eubacteria that acts to regulate a
wide range of functions including developmental transitions, adhesion and biofilm formation …