A gold mine for drug discovery: Strategies to develop cyclic peptides into therapies

X Jing, K Jin - Medicinal research reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As a versatile therapeutic modality, peptides attract much attention because of their great
binding affinity, low toxicity, and the capability of targeting traditionally “undruggable” protein …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging peptide antibiotics with therapeutic potential

G Upert, A Luther, D Obrecht, P Ermert - Medicine in drug discovery, 2021 - Elsevier
This review covers some of the recent progress in the field of peptide antibiotics with a focus
on compounds with novel or established mode of action and with demonstrated efficacy in …

[HTML][HTML] Escaping mechanisms of ESKAPE pathogens from antibiotics and their targeting by natural compounds

R Jadimurthy, SB Mayegowda, SC Nayak… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The microorganisms that have developed resistance to available therapeutic agents are
threatening the globe and multidrug resistance among the bacterial pathogens is becoming …

Mode of action of teixobactins in cellular membranes

R Shukla, J Medeiros-Silva, A Parmar… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The natural antibiotic teixobactin kills pathogenic bacteria without detectable resistance. The
difficult synthesis and unfavourable solubility of teixobactin require modifications, yet …

Synthesis and characterization of cotton-silver-graphene quantum dots (cotton/Ag/GQDs) nanocomposite as a new antibacterial nanopad

H Teymourinia, O Amiri, M Salavati-Niasari - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Appearance of antibiotic resistance in bacteria is a convoluted topic, particularly in treating
pestiferous immunodeficiency correlated diseases. The main objective of the current …

Recent progress in natural-product-inspired programs aimed to address antibiotic resistance and tolerance

Y Abouelhassan, AT Garrison, H Yang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Bacteria utilize multiple mechanisms that enable them to gain or acquire resistance to
antibiotic therapies during the treatment of infections. In addition, bacteria form biofilms …

Teixobactin: a paving stone toward a new class of antibiotics?

VB Gunjal, R Thakare, S Chopra… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to human health worldwide, prompting research
efforts on a massive scale in search of novel antibiotics to fill an urgent need for a remedy …

The killing mechanism of teixobactin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: an untargeted metabolomics study

M Hussein, JA Karas, EK Schneider-Futschik, F Chen… - Msystems, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antibiotics have served humankind through their use in modern medicine as effective
treatments for otherwise fatal bacterial infections. Teixobactin is a first member of newly …

Gram-scale total synthesis of teixobactin promoting binding mode study and discovery of more potent antibiotics

Y Zong, F Fang, KJ Meyer, L Wang, Z Ni, H Gao… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Teixobactin represents a new class of antibiotics with novel structure and excellent activity
against Gram-positive pathogens and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Herein, we report a one …

Synthesis and structure− activity relationships of teixobactin

JA Karas, F Chen… - Annals of the New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of antibiotics has led to the effective treatment of bacterial infections that were
otherwise fatal and has had a transformative effect on modern medicine. Teixobactin is an …