Targeting the holy triangle of quorum sensing, biofilm formation, and antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria

RV Sionov, D Steinberg - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic and recurrent bacterial infections are frequently associated with the formation of
biofilms on biotic or abiotic materials that are composed of mono-or multi-species cultures of …

Prospects for new antibiotics: a molecule-centered perspective

CT Walsh, TA Wencewicz - The Journal of antibiotics, 2014 - nature.com
There is a continuous need for iterative cycles of antibiotic discovery and development to
deal with the selection of resistant pathogens that emerge as therapeutic application of an …

Penicillin‐binding protein 2a of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus

J Fishovitz, JA Hermoso, M Chang, S Mobashery - IUBMB life, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
High‐level resistance to β‐lactam antibiotics in methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) is due to expression of penicillin‐binding protein 2a (PBP2a), a transpeptidase that …

The challenge of overcoming antibiotic resistance: an adjuvant approach?

RJ Melander, C Melander - ACS infectious diseases, 2017 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest current threats to human health, and without
significant action we face the chilling prospect of a world without effective antibiotics …

How allosteric control of Staphylococcus aureus penicillin binding protein 2a enables methicillin resistance and physiological function

LH Otero, A Rojas-Altuve, LI Llarrull… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
The expression of penicillin binding protein 2a (PBP2a) is the basis for the broad clinical
resistance to the β-lactam antibiotics by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) …

Bacterial Targets of Antibiotics in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

H Lade, JS Kim - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most prevalent bacterial
pathogens and continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. MRSA …

Overcoming resistance to β-lactam antibiotics

RJ Worthington, C Melander - The Journal of organic chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
β-Lactam antibiotics are one of the most important antibiotic classes but are plagued by
problems of resistance, and the development of new β-lactam antibiotics through side-chain …

Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus requires glycosylated wall teichoic acids

S Brown, G Xia, LG Luhachack… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan (PG) is densely functionalized with anionic polymers
called wall teichoic acids (WTAs). These polymers contain three tailoring modifications: d …

Restoring Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Susceptibility to β-Lactam Antibiotics

CM Tan, AG Therien, J Lu, SH Lee, A Caron… - Science translational …, 2012 - science.org
Despite the need for new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacteria, current clinical
combinations are largely restricted to β-lactam antibiotics paired with β-lactamase inhibitors …

Inhibition of WTA synthesis blocks the cooperative action of PBPs and sensitizes MRSA to β-lactams

MA Farha, A Leung, EW Sewell, MA D'Elia… - ACS chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Rising drug resistance is limiting treatment options for infections by methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Herein we provide new evidence that wall teichoic acid …