Disulfide bond formation in prokaryotes

C Landeta, D Boyd, J Beckwith - Nature microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Interest in protein disulfide bond formation has recently increased because of the prominent
role of disulfide bonds in bacterial virulence and survival. The first discovered pathway that …

Disulfide-bond-forming pathways in Gram-positive bacteria

ME Reardon-Robinson, H Ton-That - Journal of Bacteriology, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Disulfide bonds are important for the stability and function of many secreted proteins. In
Gram-negative bacteria, these linkages are catalyzed by thiol-disulfide oxidoreductases …

Breaking antimicrobial resistance by disrupting extracytoplasmic protein folding

RCD Furniss, N Kaderabkova, D Barker, P Bernal… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative bacteria is one of the greatest threats to global
health. New antibacterial strategies are urgently needed, and the development of antibiotic …

Periplasmic targets for the development of effective antimicrobials against Gram-negative bacteria

A Pandeya, I Ojo, O Alegun, Y Wei - ACS infectious diseases, 2020 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic resistance has emerged as a serious threat to global public health in recent years.
Lack of novel antimicrobials, especially new classes of compounds, further aggravates the …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting bacterial Dsb proteins for the development of anti-virulence agents

RP Smith, JJ Paxman, MJ Scanlon, B Heras - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Recent years have witnessed a dramatic increase in bacterial antimicrobial resistance and a
decline in the development of novel antibiotics. New therapeutic strategies are urgently …

Disulfide bonds in protein folding and stability

MJ Feige, I Braakman, LM Hendershot - 2018 - books.rsc.org
Disulfide Bonds in Protein Folding and Stability | Oxidative Folding of Proteins: Basic
Principles, Cellular Regulation and Engineering | Books Gateway | Royal Society of Chemistry …

Inhibition of diverse DsbA enzymes in multi-DsbA encoding pathogens

M Totsika, D Vagenas, JJ Paxman, G Wang… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Aims: DsbA catalyzes disulfide bond formation in secreted and outer membrane proteins in
bacteria. In pathogens, DsbA is a major facilitator of virulence constituting a target for …

Thiol-and disulfide-containing vancomycin derivatives against bacterial resistance and biofilm formation

IS Shchelik, K Gademann - ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic-resistant and biofilm-associated infections constitute a rapidly growing issue. Use
of the last-resort antibiotic vancomycin is under threat due to the increasing appearance of …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial thiol oxidoreductases—from basic research to new antibacterial strategies

KM Bocian-Ostrzycka, MJ Grzeszczuk… - Applied Microbiology …, 2017 - Springer
The recent, rapid increase in bacterial antimicrobial resistance has become a major public
health concern. One approach to generate new classes of antibacterials is targeting …

Phase‐Separated Nano‐Antibiotics Enhanced Survival in Multidrug‐Resistant Escherichia coli Sepsis by Precise Periplasmic EcDsbA Targeting

P Zou, L Huang, Y Li, D Liu, J Che, T Zhao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Disulfide bond (Dsb) proteins, especially DsbA, represent a promising but as‐yet‐unrealized
target in combating multidrug‐resistant (MDR) bacteria because their precise subcellular …