Antibiotic resistance by enzymatic modification of antibiotic targets

AJ Schaenzer, GD Wright - Trends in molecular medicine, 2020 - cell.com
Antibiotic resistance remains a significant threat to modern medicine. Modification of the
antibiotic target is a resistance strategy that is increasingly prevalent among pathogens …

A general linear free energy relationship for predicting partition coefficients of neutral organic compounds

D Chen, Q Wang, Y Li, Y Li, H Zhou, Y Fan - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Predicting the effects of organic compounds on environments and biological systems is an
important objective for environmental chemistry and human health. The logarithm (to base …

Ribosome-targeting antibiotics and resistance via ribosomal RNA methylation

L Jeremia, BE Deprez, D Dey, GL Conn… - RSC Medicinal …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The rise of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections is a cause of global concern. There is an
urgent need to both revitalize antibacterial agents that are ineffective due to resistance while …

Chemical biology and medicinal chemistry of RNA methyltransferases

TR Fischer, L Meidner, M Schwickert… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
RNA methyltransferases (MTases) are ubiquitous enzymes whose hitherto low profile in
medicinal chemistry, contrasts with the surging interest in RNA methylation, the arguably …

Ribosome‐targeting antibacterial agents: Advances, challenges, and opportunities

L Zhang, J He, L Bai, S Ruan, T Yang… - Medicinal Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ribosomes, which synthesize proteins, are critical organelles for the survival and growth of
bacteria. About 60% of approved antibiotics discovered so far combat pathogenic bacteria …

Translational control of antibiotic resistance

A Witzky, R Tollerson, M Ibba - Open biology, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many antibiotics available in the clinic today directly inhibit bacterial translation. Despite the
past success of such drugs, their efficacy is diminishing with the spread of antibiotic …

16S rRNA methyltransferases as novel drug targets against tuberculosis

MR Salaikumaran, VP Badiger, VLSP Burra - The Protein Journal, 2022 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(M. tb) whose natural history traces back to 70,000 years. TB remains a major global health …

Computational analysis of RNA methyltransferase Rv3366 as a potential drug target for combating drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

T Nazim, V Kumar, F Ahmed, NZ Ehtesham… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) remains a formidable global health threat. The
increasing drug resistance among M. tb clinical isolates is exacerbating the current …

Hydrogen peroxide-based fluorometric assay for real-time monitoring of SAM-dependent methyltransferases

MK Akhtar, D Vijay, S Umbreen, CJ McLean… - … in bioengineering and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Methylated chemicals are widely used as key intermediates for the syntheses of
pharmaceuticals, fragrances, flavors, biofuels and plastics. In nature, the process of …

The research of new inhibitors of bacterial methionine aminopeptidase by structure based virtual screening approach of zinc database and in vitro validation

H Boucherit, A Chikhi, A Bensegueni… - … -Aided Drug Design, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: The great emergence of multi-resistant bacterial strains and the low renewal of
antibiotics molecules are leading human and veterinary medicine to certain therapeutic …