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ArticleMolecular cell2019

Architecture of Microcin B17 Synthetase: An Octameric Protein Complex Converting a Ribosomally Synthesized Peptide into a DNA Gyrase Poison.

Dmitry Ghilarov, Clare E M Stevenson, Dmitrii Y Travin, Julia Piskunova, Marina Serebryakova, Anthony Maxwell, David M Lawson, Konstantin Severinov

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Article in Molecular cell, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Dmitry GhilarovCentre for Life Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 143026 Moscow, Russia; Institute of Gene Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Cracow, Poland.
Clare E M StevensonDepartment of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, NR4 7UH Norwich, UK.
Dmitrii Y TravinCentre for Life Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 143026 Moscow, Russia; Department of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Julia PiskunovaCentre for Life Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 143026 Moscow, Russia; Institute of Gene Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia.
Marina SerebryakovaCentre for Life Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 143026 Moscow, Russia; A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia.
Anthony MaxwellDepartment of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, NR4 7UH Norwich, UK.
David M LawsonDepartment of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, NR4 7UH Norwich, UK. Electronic address: david.lawson@jic.ac.uk.
Konstantin SeverinovCentre for Life Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 143026 Moscow, Russia; Institute of Gene Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia; Waksman Institute for Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. Electronic address: severik@waksman.rutgers.edu.
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology · RUJohn Innes Centre · GBRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

Exploring Peptide Conjugates as Trojan Horse Systems for Drug Design and DiscoveryR01AI117210 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI NAIR, SATISH K · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI117210
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The introduction of azole heterocycles into a peptide backbone is the principal step in the biosynthesis of numerous compounds with therapeutic potential. One of them is microcin B17, a bacterial topoisomerase inhibitor whose activity depends on the conversion of selected serine and cysteine residues of the precursor peptide to oxazoles and thiazoles by the McbBCD synthetase complex. Crystal structures of McbBCD reveal an octameric B

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsBacteriocinsBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsModels, MolecularMultienzyme ComplexesMutationProtein BindingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein MultimerizationProtein Structure, QuaternaryRibosomesSpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsBacteriocinsEscherichia coli Proteinsmicrocinmicrocin B17 synthaseMultienzyme ComplexesTopoisomerase II Inhibitorsantibioticazole synthetasecyclodehydratasedehydrogenaseDNA gyraseEscherichia coli microcin B17heterocyclaseLAPprotein complex crystal structureRiPP

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PMID30661981
PMCPMC6395948
OpenAlexW2909572180

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