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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

A classic antibiotic reimagined: Rationally designed bacitracin variants exhibit potent activity against vancomycin-resistant pathogens.

Ned P Buijs, Halana C Vlaming, Ioli Kotsogianni, Melina Arts, Joost Willemse, Yunhao Duan, Francesca M Alexander, Stephen A Cochrane, Tanja Schneider, Nathaniel I Martin

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Bacterial cell envelope-targeting antibiotics.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026
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  7. Hijacking the Electron Train: Menaquinone-Binding Antimicrobial Peptides.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ned P BuijsBiological Chemistry Group, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden 2333 BE, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7613-4951
Halana C VlamingBiological Chemistry Group, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden 2333 BE, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0971-159X
Ioli KotsogianniBiological Chemistry Group, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden 2333 BE, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0078-0206
Melina ArtsInstitute for Pharmaceutical Microbiology, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0344-6107
Joost WillemseBiological Chemistry Group, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden 2333 BE, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5210-650X
Yunhao DuanBiological Chemistry Group, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden 2333 BE, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0009-6009-4620
Francesca M AlexanderSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 5AG, United Kingdom.
Stephen A CochraneSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Belfast BT9 5AG, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6239-6915
Tanja SchneiderInstitute for Pharmaceutical Microbiology, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115, Germany.
Nathaniel I MartinBiological Chemistry Group, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden 2333 BE, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8246-3006

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) 398967434EC | European Research Council (ERC) 725523UKRI | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/V032860/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacitracin is a macrocyclic peptide antibiotic that is widely used as a topical treatment for infections caused by gram-positive bacteria. Mechanistically, bacitracin targets bacteria by specifically binding to the phospholipid undecaprenyl pyrophosphate (C

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacitracinMicrobial Sensitivity TestsDrug DesignDrug Resistance, BacterialPolyisoprenyl PhosphatesStructure-Activity RelationshipVancomycinAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacitracinPolyisoprenyl Phosphatesundecaprenyl pyrophosphateVancomycinantibiotic resistanceantibioticsbacitracinC55PP bindingnatural products

Identifiers

PMID38990944
PMCPMC11260088

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