[HTML][HTML] Reactive species and pathogen antioxidant networks during phagocytosis

L Piacenza, M Trujillo, R Radi - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2019 - rupress.org
The generation of phagosomal cytotoxic reactive species (ie, free radicals and oxidants) by
activated macrophages and neutrophils is a crucial process for the control of intracellular …

[HTML][HTML] Redox regulation by reversible protein S-thiolation in Gram-positive bacteria

M Imber, AJ Pietrzyk-Brzezinska, H Antelmann - Redox biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Low molecular weight (LMW) thiols play an important role as thiol-cofactors for many
enzymes and are crucial to maintain the reduced state of the cytoplasm. Most Gram-negative …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis VapC4 toxin engages small ORFs to initiate an integrated oxidative and copper stress response

VC Barth, U Chauhan, J Zeng, X Su… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) VapBC4 toxin–antitoxin system is essential for the
establishment of Mtb infection. Using a multitier, systems-level approach, we uncovered the …

Role of the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor SigE in the stringent response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

G Baruzzo, A Serafini, F Finotello, T Sanavia… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria respond to nutrient starvation implementing the stringent response, a stress
signaling system resulting in metabolic remodeling leading to decreased growth rate and …

Machine Learning Models for Mycobacterium tuberculosis  In Vitro Activity: Prediction and Target Visualization

TR Lane, F Urbina, L Rank, J Gerlach… - Molecular …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health challenge, with approximately 1.4 million deaths
per year. There is still a need to develop novel treatments for patients infected with …

SigH stress response mediates killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by activating nitronaphthofuran prodrugs via induction of Mrx2 expression

L Cioetto-Mazzabò, F Boldrin… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The emergence of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains highlights the need to
discover anti-tuberculosis drugs with novel mechanisms of action. Here we discovered a …

[HTML][HTML] Antitubercular triazines: optimization and intrabacterial metabolism

X Wang, D Inoyama, R Russo, SG Li, R Jadhav… - Cell chemical …, 2020 - cell.com
The triazine antitubercular JSF-2019 was of interest due to its in vitro efficacy and the nitro
group shared with the clinically relevant delamanid and pretomanid. JSF-2019 undergoes …

Protein Promiscuity in H2O2 Signaling

D Young, B Pedre, D Ezeriņa, B De Smet… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Decrypting the cellular response to oxidative stress relies on a comprehensive
understanding of the redox signaling pathways stimulated under oxidizing conditions …

Regulation of oxidative stress response and antioxidant modification in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Y Li, Y Guo, F Niu, H Gao, Q Wang, M Xu - World Journal of Microbiology …, 2024 - Springer
As an efficient and safe industrial bacterium, Corynebacterium glutamicum has extensive
application in amino acid production. However, it often faces oxidative stress induced by …

Identification of a Mycothiol-Dependent Nitroreductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A Negri, P Javidnia, R Mu, X Zhang… - ACS infectious …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The success of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) as a pathogen depends on the redundant
and complex mechanisms it has evolved for resisting nitrosative and oxidative stresses …