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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

Shapeshifting bullvalene-linked vancomycin dimers as effective antibiotics against multidrug-resistant gram-positive bacteria.

Alessandra Ottonello, Jessica A Wyllie, Oussama Yahiaoui, Shoujun Sun, Rebecca A Koelln, Joshua A Homer, Robert M Johnson, Ewan Murray, Paul Williams, Jani R Bolla and 4 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Steering the Shape-shifting of Bullvalene-PdAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  5. Strategic re-engineering of antibiotics.Nature reviews bioengineering · 2025
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  6. Review
  7. Diversity Oriented Clicking for Modular Synthesis.Nature reviews. Methods primers · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Alessandra OttonelloLa Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2133-2533
Jessica A WyllieLa Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia.
Oussama YahiaouiDepartment of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
Shoujun SunCancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724.ORCID 0000-0002-7650-0437
Rebecca A KoellnCancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724.ORCID 0000-0003-0655-1957
Joshua A HomerCancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724.ORCID 0000-0002-7881-7761
Robert M JohnsonCancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724.ORCID 0000-0002-3023-8971
Ewan MurrayNational Biofilms Innovation Centre, Biodiscovery Institute and School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-5576-5102
Paul WilliamsNational Biofilms Innovation Centre, Biodiscovery Institute and School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-1920-5036
Jani R BollaDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, U.K.ORCID 0000-0003-4346-182X
Carol V RobinsonThe Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-7829-5505
Thomas FallonDepartment of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
Tatiana P Soares da CostaLa Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6275-7485
John E MosesCancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724.ORCID 0000-0003-2162-3234
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · USLa Trobe University · AUThe University of Adelaide · AUUniversity of Nottingham · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Single-Cell Biology Shared ResourceP30CA045508 · NCI · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · PI John Edward Moses · 1987 to 2026
$118.9M
Medical Research Council MR/N010477/1Medical Research Council MR/V028839/1NCI NIH HHS P30 CA045508
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The alarming rise in superbugs that are resistant to drugs of last resort, including vancomycin-resistant enterococci and staphylococci, has become a significant global health hazard. Here, we report the click chemistry synthesis of an unprecedented class of shapeshifting vancomycin dimers (SVDs) that display potent activity against bacteria that are resistant to the parent drug, including the ESKAPE pathogens, vancomycin-resistant

Indexed as

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusVancomycin-Resistant EnterococciAnti-Bacterial AgentsHydrocarbons, AlicyclicMicrobial Sensitivity TestsVancomycinAnti-Bacterial AgentsbullvaleneHydrocarbons, AlicyclicVancomycinclick chemistryflippaseresistant bacterial infectionsshapeshifting antibioticsvancomycin

Identifiers

PMID37011186
PMCPMC10104512
OpenAlexW4362523164

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