Bacterial proteases, untapped antimicrobial drug targets

E Culp, GD Wright - The Journal of antibiotics, 2017 - nature.com
Bacterial proteases are an extensive collection of enzymes that have vital roles in cell
viability, stress response and pathogenicity. Although their perturbation clearly offers the …

Thinking outside the box—novel antibacterials to tackle the resistance crisis

M Lakemeyer, W Zhao, FA Mandl… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The public view on antibiotics as reliable medicines changed when reports about “resistant
superbugs” appeared in the news. While reasons for this resistance development are easily …

Systematic analysis of drug combinations against Gram-positive bacteria

E Cacace, V Kim, V Varik, M Knopp, M Tietgen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Drug combinations can expand options for antibacterial therapies but have not been
systematically tested in Gram-positive species. We profiled~ 8,000 combinations of 65 …

Evolution of resistance to a last-resort antibiotic in Staphylococcus aureus via bacterial competition

G Koch, A Yepes, KU Förstner, C Wermser, ST Stengel… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Antibiotic resistance is a key medical concern, with antibiotic use likely being an important
cause. However, here we describe an alternative route to clinically relevant antibiotic …

The role of ClpP protease in bacterial pathogenesis and human diseases

V Bhandari, KS Wong, JL Zhou… - ACS chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic organelles, the ClpP protease plays an important role in
proteostasis. The disruption of the ClpP function has been shown to influence the infectivity …

Phenyl esters are potent inhibitors of caseinolytic protease P and reveal a stereogenic switch for deoligomerization

MW Hackl, M Lakemeyer, M Dahmen… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Caseinolytic protease P (ClpP) represents a central bacterial degradation machinery that is
involved in cell homeostasis and pathogenicity. The functional role of ClpP has been studied …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of the Clp protease to bacterial survival and mitochondrial homoeostasis

A Illigmann, Y Thoma, S Pan, L Reinhardt… - Microbial …, 2021 - karger.com
Fast adaptation to environmental changes ensures bacterial survival, and proteolysis
represents a key cellular process in adaptation. The Clp protease system is a multi …

Conformational control of the bacterial Clp protease by natural product antibiotics

IT Malik, H Brötz-Oesterhelt - Natural product reports, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2017 The bacterial Clp protease is a highly conserved and structurally
versatile machine. It has gained a lot of recognition during the last decade as a novel …

Recent advances in Clp protease modulation to address virulence, resistance and persistence of MRSA infection

Y Ju, Q An, Y Zhang, K Sun, L Bai, Y Luo - Drug Discovery Today, 2021 - Elsevier
The Clp protease is an AAA+ protease that executes abnormally folded or malfunctioning
proteins, and has an important role in producing virulence factors, forming biofilms or …

The development of small-molecule modulators for ClpP protease activity

F Ye, J Li, CG Yang - Molecular BioSystems, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The global spread of antibiotic resistance among important human pathogens emphasizes
the need to find new antibacterial drugs with a novel mode of action. The ClpP protease has …