Sophisticated natural products as antibiotics

K Lewis, RE Lee, H Brötz-Oesterhelt, S Hiller… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
In this Review, we explore natural product antibiotics that do more than simply inhibit an
active site of an essential enzyme. We review these compounds to provide inspiration for the …

Computational identification of a systemic antibiotic for gram-negative bacteria

RD Miller, A Iinishi, SM Modaresi, BK Yoo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Discovery of antibiotics acting against Gram-negative species is uniquely challenging due to
their restrictive penetration barrier. BamA, which inserts proteins into the outer membrane, is …

[HTML][HTML] An antibiotic from an uncultured bacterium binds to an immutable target

R Shukla, AJ Peoples, KC Ludwig, S Maity, MGN Derks… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Antimicrobial resistance is a leading mortality factor worldwide. Here, we report the
discovery of clovibactin, an antibiotic isolated from uncultured soil bacteria. Clovibactin …

[HTML][HTML] The search for antibacterial inhibitors targeting cell division protein ftsz at its nucleotide and allosteric binding sites

JM Andreu, S Huecas, L Araújo-Bazán… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global spread of bacterial antimicrobial resistance is associated to millions of deaths
from bacterial infections per year, many of which were previously treatable. This, combined …

Models versus pathogens: how conserved is the FtsZ in bacteria?

RR Battaje, R Piyush, V Pratap, D Panda - Bioscience Reports, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Combating anti-microbial resistance by developing alternative strategies is the need of the
hour. Cell division, particularly FtsZ, is being extensively studied for its potential as an …

[HTML][HTML] Escherichia coli has an undiscovered ability to inhibit the growth of both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria

E Kastrat, HP Cheng - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The ability for bacteria to form boundaries between neighboring colonies as the result of
intra-species inhibition has been described for a limited number of species. Here, we report …

Exploring the Darobactin Class of Antibiotics: A Comprehensive Review from Discovery to Recent Advancements

A Dutta, P Sharma, D Dass… - ACS Infectious …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative bacteria poses a greater
challenge due to their intrinsic resistance to many antibiotics. Recently, darobactins have …

The AcrAB efflux pump confers self-resistance to stilbenes in Photorhabdus laumondii

L Hadchity, J Houard, A Lanois, A Payelleville… - Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Resistance-nodulation-division (RND)-type AcrAB-TolC efflux pump contributes to
multidrug resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. Recently, the bacterium Photorhabdus …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-Klebsiella pneumoniae activity of secondary metabolism of Achromobacter from the intestine of Periplaneta americana

Y Ma, P Guo, X Chen, M Xu, W Liu, X Jin - BMC microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Background Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the main pathogens of clinical isolation and
nosocomial infections, as K. pneumoniae show broad-spectrum resistance to β-lactam and …