Natural products acting against S. aureus through membrane and cell wall disruption

G Kumar, K Engle - Natural Product Reports, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2015 to 2022 Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is responsible for several
community and hospital-acquired infections with life-threatening complications such as …

Targeting membrane-bound bacterial cell wall precursors: a tried and true antibiotic strategy in nature and the clinic

NP Buijs, EJ Matheson, SA Cochrane… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Since Fleming's discovery of penicillin nearly a century ago, a bounty of natural product
antibiotics have been discovered, many of which continue to be of clinical importance today …

A classic antibiotic reimagined: Rationally designed bacitracin variants exhibit potent activity against vancomycin-resistant pathogens

NP Buijs, HC Vlaming, I Kotsogianni, M Arts… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Bacitracin is a macrocyclic peptide antibiotic that is widely used as a topical treatment for
infections caused by gram-positive bacteria. Mechanistically, bacitracin targets bacteria by …

β-Lactams from the Ocean

JF Fisher, S Mobashery - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
The title of this essay is as much a question as it is a statement. The discovery of the β-
lactam antibiotics—including penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems—as largely (if …

Lipopeptide antibiotics disrupt interactions of undecaprenyl phosphate with UptA

AO Oluwole, NV Kalmankar, M Guida… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The peptidoglycan pathway represents one of the most successful antibacterial targets with
the last critical step being the flipping of carrier lipid, undecaprenyl phosphate (C55-P) …

Daptomycin avoids drug resistance mediated by the BceAB transporter in Streptococcus pneumoniae

A Faure, S Manuse, M Gonin, C Grangeasse… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Drug-resistant bacteria are a serious threat to human health as antibiotics are gradually
losing their clinical efficacy. Comprehending the mechanism of action of antimicrobials and …

Linearization of the brevicidine and laterocidine lipopeptides yields analogues that retain full antibacterial activity

RD Ballantine, K Al Ayed, SJ Bann… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Brevicidine and laterocidine are macrocyclic lipodepsipeptides with selective activity against
Gram-negative bacteria, including colistin-resistant strains. Previously, the macrocyclic core …

Medium-sized peptides from microbial sources with potential for antibacterial drug development

J Chen, W Wang, X Hu, Y Yue, X Lu, C Wang… - Natural Product …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1993 to the end of 2022As the rapid development of antibiotic resistance shrinks
the number of clinically available antibiotics, there is an urgent need for novel options to fill …

Antibacterial efficacy and membrane mechanism of action of the Serratia-derived non-ionic lipopeptide, serrawettin W2-FL10

T Decker, M Rautenbach, S Khan… - Microbiology Spectrum, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The study aimed to investigate the antibacterial activity, cytotoxicity, and mechanism of
action of the non-ionic, cyclic lipopeptide, serrawettin W2-FL10 against Staphylococcus …

A Boron‐Dependent Antibiotic Derived from a Calcium‐Dependent Antibiotic

SL Chiou, YJ Chen, CT Lee, MN Ho… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of drug‐resistant bacterial pathogens foreshadows a healthcare crisis.
Calcium‐dependent antibiotics (CDAs) are promising candidates to combat infectious …