Acinetobacter baumannii Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms

I Kyriakidis, E Vasileiou, ZD Pana, A Tragiannidis - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative ESKAPE microorganism that poses a threat to
public health by causing severe and invasive (mostly nosocomial) infections linked with high …

Arsenic in medicine: past, present and future

NP Paul, AE Galván, K Yoshinaga-Sakurai, BP Rosen… - Biometals, 2023 - Springer
Arsenicals are one of the oldest treatments for a variety of human disorders. Although
infamous for its toxicity, arsenic is paradoxically a therapeutic agent that has been used …

Molecular dynamics simulation of protein and protein–ligand complexes

R Shukla, T Tripathi - Computer-aided drug design, 2020 - Springer
Biomacromolecules, including proteins and their complexes, adopt multiple conformations
that are linked to their biological functions. Though some of the structural heterogeneity can …

Bi-functional quercetin/copper nanoparticles integrating bactericidal and anti-quorum sensing properties for preventing the formation of biofilms

J Cheng, H Zhang, K Lu, Y Zou, D Jia, H Yang… - Biomaterials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Biofilms formed by pathogenic bacteria present a persistent risk to human health. While the
eradication of matured biofilms remains a formidable challenge, delaying or preventing their …

Structural analysis of biomacromolecules using circular dichroism spectroscopy

X Zhao, Y Wang, D Zhao - … Methods to Study Biomolecular Structure and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The chirality of biomacromolecules renders circular dichroism (CD) detection a method to
measure their multiscale structures. This chapter reviews the applications of CD …

Distant Phe345 mutation compromises the stability and activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isocitrate lyase by modulating its structural flexibility

H Shukla, R Shukla, A Sonkar, T Pandey, T Tripathi - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Isocitrate lyase (ICL), a potential anti-tubercular drug target, catalyzes the first step of the
glyoxylate shunt. In the present investigation, we studied the conformational flexibility of …

Advances in engineering UDP-sugar supply for recombinant biosynthesis of glycosides in microbes

Y Feng, M Yao, Y Wang, M Ding, J Zha, W Xiao… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Plant glycosides are of great interest for industries. Glycosylation of plant secondary
metabolites can greatly improve their solubility, biological activity, or stability. This allows …

Identification of potential inhibitors of Fasciola gigantica thioredoxin1: computational screening, molecular dynamics simulation, and binding free energy studies

R Shukla, H Shukla, P Kalita, A Sonkar… - Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Fasciola gigantica is the causative organism of fascioliasis and is responsible for major
economic losses in livestock production globally. F. gigantica thioredoxin1 (FgTrx1) is an …

In silico study on the inhibition of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxy vinyl transferase from Salmonella typhimurium by the lipopeptide produced from Bacillus …

DA Yaraguppi, ZK Bagewadi, SH Deshpande… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The protein UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxy vinyl transferase (MurA) present in
Salmonella typhimurium is responsible for the cell wall synthesis process. MurA is directly …

Structural insights into natural compounds as inhibitors of Fasciola gigantica thioredoxin glutathione reductase

R Shukla, H Shukla, P Kalita… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fascioliasis is caused by the helminth parasites of genus Fasciola. Thioredoxin glutathione
reductase (TGR) is an important enzyme in parasitic helminths and plays an indispensable …