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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2014

A structural biology approach enables the development of antimicrobials targeting bacterial immunophilins.

Darren W Begley, David Fox, Dominic Jenner, Christina Juli, Phillip G Pierce, Jan Abendroth, Muigai Muruthi, Kris Safford, Vanessa Anderson, Kateri Atkins and 12 more

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Darren W BegleyEmerald Bio, Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA.
David Fox
Dominic Jenner
Christina Juli
Phillip G Pierce
Jan Abendroth
Muigai Muruthi
Kris Safford
Vanessa Anderson
Kateri Atkins
Steve R Barnes
Spencer O Moen
Amy C Raymond
Robin Stacy
Peter J Myler
Bart L Staker
Nicholas J Harmer
Isobel H Norville
Ulrike Holzgrabe
Mitali Sarkar-Tyson
Thomas E Edwards
Donald D Lorimer
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · GBCenter for Infectious Disease Research · USUniversity of Würzburg · DEUniversity of Exeter · GB

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIAID NIH HHS HHSN272200700057CNIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201200025C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macrophage infectivity potentiators (Mips) are immunophilin proteins and essential virulence factors for a range of pathogenic organisms. We applied a structural biology approach to characterize a Mip from Burkholderia pseudomallei (BpML1), the causative agent of melioidosis. Crystal structure and nuclear magnetic resonance analyses of BpML1 in complex with known macrocyclics and other derivatives led to the identification of a key chemical scaffold. This scaffold possesses inhibitory potency for BpML1 without the immunosuppressive components of related macrocyclic agents. Biophysical characterization of a compound series with this scaffold allowed binding site specificity in solution and potency determinations for rank ordering the set. The best compounds in this series possessed a low-micromolar affinity for BpML1, bound at the site of enzymatic activity, and inhibited a panel of homologous Mip proteins from other pathogenic bacteria, without demonstrating toxicity in human macrophages. Importantly, the in vitro activity of BpML1 was reduced by these compounds, leading to decreased macrophage infectivity and intracellular growth of Burkholderia pseudomallei. These compounds offer the potential for activity against a new class of antimicrobial targets and present the utility of a structure-based approach for novel antimicrobial drug discovery.

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsBacterial ProteinsBinding SitesBurkholderia pseudomalleiCrystallography, X-RayDrug DiscoveryImmunophilinsNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularVirulence FactorsAnti-Infective AgentsBacterial ProteinsImmunophilinsML1 protein, Burkholderia pseudomalleiVirulence Factors

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PMID24366729
PMCPMC3957879
OpenAlexW2150961344

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