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ArticleJournal of chemical information and modeling2022

Structure-Based Discovery of Lipoteichoic Acid Synthase Inhibitors.

Xavier Chee Wezen, Aneesh Chandran, Rohan Sakariah Eapen, Elaine Waters, Laura Bricio-Moreno, Tommaso Tosi, Stephen Dolan, Charlotte Millership, Aras Kadioglu, Angelika Gründling and 3 more

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Article in Journal of chemical information and modeling, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 34 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

13 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Xavier Chee WezenScience Program, School of Chemical Engineering and Science, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak, Kuching 93350, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-8497-5953
Aneesh ChandranDepartment of Biotechnology & Microbiology, Kannur University, Kannur 670 661, Kerala, India.
Rohan Sakariah EapenDepartment of PharmacologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeCB2 1PDU.K.
Elaine WatersDepartment of Clinical Infection Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, U.K.
Laura Bricio-MorenoDepartment of Clinical Infection Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, U.K.
Tommaso TosiSection of Molecular Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
Stephen DolanDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QW, U.K.
Charlotte MillershipSection of Molecular Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
Aras KadiogluDepartment of Clinical Infection Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, U.K.
Angelika GründlingSection of Molecular Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
Laura S ItzhakiDepartment of PharmacologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeCB2 1PDU.K.ORCID 0000-0001-6504-2576
Martin WelchDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QW, U.K.
Taufiq RahmanDepartment of PharmacologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeCB2 1PDU.K.ORCID 0000-0003-3830-5160
Bridge University · SSImperial College London · GBUniversity of Liverpool · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBKannur University · INSwinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus · MY

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/P011071/1Wellcome Trust 100289
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipoteichoic acid synthase (LtaS) is a key enzyme for the cell wall biosynthesis of Gram-positive bacteria. Gram-positive bacteria that lack lipoteichoic acid (LTA) exhibit impaired cell division and growth defects. Thus, LtaS appears to be an attractive antimicrobial target. The pharmacology around LtaS remains largely unexplored with only two small-molecule LtaS inhibitors reported, namely "compound

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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus aureusAnimalsLipopolysaccharidesMiceMolecular Docking SimulationTeichoic AcidsLipopolysaccharideslipoteichoic acidTeichoic Acids

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PMID35533315
PMCPMC9131456
OpenAlexW4280536710

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