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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Discovery of MurA Inhibitors as Novel Antimicrobials through an Integrated Computational and Experimental Approach.

Fangyuan Zhang, Joshua Graham, Tianhua Zhai, Yanhong Liu, Zuyi Huang

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fangyuan ZhangDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA.
Joshua GrahamDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA.
Tianhua ZhaiDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA.
Yanhong LiuMolecular Characterization of Foodborne Pathogens Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0759-7597
Zuyi HuangDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA.
Villanova University · USEastern Regional Research Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bacterial cell wall is essential for protecting bacteria from the surrounding environment and maintaining the integrity of bacteria cells. The MurA enzyme, which is an essential enzyme involved in bacterial cell wall synthesis, could be a good drug target for antibiotics. Although fosfomycin is used clinically as a MurA inhibitor, resistance to this antibiotic is a concern. Here we used molecular docking-based virtual screening approaches to identify potential MurA inhibitors from 1.412 million compounds from three databases. Thirty-three top compounds from virtual screening were experimentally tested in

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antibiotic resistanceEscherichia colifosfomycinListeria innocuaMurA inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID35453279
PMCPMC9031695
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