Mechanistic insights into bacterial AAA+ proteases and protein-remodelling machines

AO Olivares, TA Baker, RT Sauer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
To maintain protein homeostasis, AAA+ proteolytic machines degrade damaged and
unneeded proteins in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. This process involves the ATP …

Anti-tuberculosis lead molecules from natural products targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis ClpC1

H Lee, JW Suh - Journal of Industrial Microbiology and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious and potentially fatal disease caused by Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (M. tb). The occurrence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug …

Acyldepsipeptide antibiotics kill mycobacteria by preventing the physiological functions of the ClpP1P2 protease

K Famulla, P Sass, I Malik, T Akopian… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The Clp protease complex in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is unusual in its composition,
functional importance and activation mechanism. Whilst most bacterial species contain a …

Total synthesis of cyclomarin A, a marine cycloheptapeptide with anti-tuberculosis and anti-malaria activity

P Barbie, U Kazmaier - Organic letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
An efficient synthetic protocol for the stereoselective synthesis of cyclomarin A is reported.
Key steps in the syntheses of the building blocks are an asymmetric chelate–enolate …

Thiol probes to detect electrophilic natural products based on their mechanism of action

G Castro-Falcón, D Hahn, D Reimer… - ACS chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
New methods are urgently needed to find novel natural products as structural leads for the
development of new drugs against emerging diseases such as cancer and multiresistant …

[PDF][PDF] Architecture, Assembly and Interactors of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clp chaperone-proteases

J Leodolter - 2016 - research-collection.ethz.ch
The Clp chaperone-protease is an essential protein quality control machine in the
pathogenic bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) that additionally performs …