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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2016

Muropeptides in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and their Role as Elicitors of β-Lactam-Antibiotic Resistance.

Mijoon Lee, Supurna Dhar, Stefania De Benedetti, Dusan Hesek, Bill Boggess, Blas Blázquez, Kalai Mathee, Shahriar Mobashery

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mijoon LeeDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
Supurna DharDepartment of Human and Molecular Genetics, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
Stefania De BenedettiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
Dusan HesekDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
Bill BoggessDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
Blas BlázquezDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
Kalai MatheeDepartment of Human and Molecular Genetics, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA. matheek@fiu.edu.
Shahriar MobasheryDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA. mobashery@nd.edu.
University of Notre Dame · USFlorida International University · US

Funding

Penicillin-Binding Proteins, Mechanism and InhibitionR01GM061629 · NIGMS · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MOBASHERY, SHAHRIAR · 2001 to 2018
$5.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM061629
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Muropeptides are a group of bacterial natural products generated from the cell wall in the course of its turnover. These compounds are cell-wall recycling intermediates and are also involved in signaling within the bacterium. However, the identity of these signaling molecules remains elusive. The identification and characterization of 20 muropeptides from Pseudomonas aeruginosa is described. The least abundant of these metabolites is present at 100 and the most abundant at 55,000 molecules per bacterium. Analysis of these muropeptides under conditions of induction of resistance to a β-lactam antibiotic identified two signaling muropeptides (N-acetylglucosamine-1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramyl pentapeptide and 1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramyl pentapeptide). Authentic synthetic samples of these metabolites were shown to activate expression of β-lactamase in the absence of any β-lactam antibiotic, thus indicating that they serve as chemical signals in this complex biochemical pathway.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-Lactamasesbeta-Lactam Resistancebeta-LactamsMolecular ConformationPeptidesPseudomonas aeruginosaAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-Lactamasesbeta-LactamsPeptidesantibiotic resistancebacteriamuropeptidespeptidoglycanβ-lactamase

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PMID27111486
PMCPMC5081488
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