Pushing the envelope: LPS modifications and their consequences

BW Simpson, MS Trent - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
The defining feature of the Gram-negative cell envelope is the presence of two cellular
membranes, with the specialized glycolipid lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exclusively found on …

Chemical highlights supporting the role of lipid A in efficient biological adaptation of gram-negative bacteria to external stresses

A Troudi, JM Pagès, JM Brunel - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria provides an efficient barrier against
external noxious compounds such as antimicrobial agents. Associated with drug target …

Network-Based Metabolism-Centered Screening of Potential Drug Targets in Klebsiella pneumoniae at Genome Scale

MF Cesur, B Siraj, R Uddin, S Durmuş… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen leading to life-threatening
nosocomial infections. Emergence of highly resistant strains poses a major challenge in the …

Discovering Potential Bacteriocins Against Pseudomonas fragi: a Subtractive Proteomics and Molecular Dynamic Simulation Study for Food Preservation

M Azhar, M Yousaf, S Maher, MQ Fatmi - Applied Biochemistry and …, 2024 - Springer
Food preservation is a schematic and scientific procedure employed for the maintenance
and improvement of food's quality, shelf life, and nutritional value. Although, on one hand …

Lipid-Centric Approaches in Combating Infectious Diseases: Antibacterials, Antifungals and Antivirals with Lipid-Associated Mechanisms of Action

OS Ostroumova, SS Efimova - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
One of the global challenges of the 21st century is the increase in mortality from infectious
diseases against the backdrop of the spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogenic …

Structure-Based Virtual Screening of Pseudomonas aeruginosa LpxA Inhibitors using Pharmacophore-Based Approach

BV Bhaskar, TMC Babu, A Rammohan, GY Zheng… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a noticeable and ongoing major
obstacle for inhibitor design. In P. aeruginosa, uridine diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine …

Purification and Characterization of 2S albumin from seeds of Wrightia tinctoria exhibiting antibacterial and DNase activity

A Sharma, P Kumar, P Kesari, Neetu… - Protein and peptide …, 2017 - benthamdirect.com
2S albumin is a low-molecular-weight seed storage protein belonging to the prolamin
superfamily. In the present work a small 2S albumin (WTA) protein of~ 16 kDa has been …

Rational design of inhibitors against LpxA protein of Acinetobacter baumannii using a virtual screening method

S Fereshteh, H Kalhor, A Sepehr, H Rahimi… - Journal of the Indian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Acinetobacter baumannii is a highly antimicrobial resistant nosocomial
pathogen. Resistance to currently used antibiotics has limited effective drugs against this …

Biochemical and structural basis for Moraxella catarrhalis enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (FabI) inhibition by triclosan and estradiol

M Katiki, N Neetu, S Pratap, P Kumar - Biochimie, 2022 - Elsevier
The enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (ENR) is an established drug target and catalyzes
the last reduction step of the fatty acid elongation cycle. Here, we report the crystal structures …

Lipopolysaccharide: An indispensable source for potential targets and therapeutic design against Gram-negative bacteria

C Pasala, SK Katari, RM Nalamolu… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Gram-negative bacteria show more drug-resistant than Gram-positive bacteria due to unique
structural attribute and cause significant morbidity and mortality across the globe. Such …