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ArticleBiochemistry2025

Activation of Dithiolopyrrolone Antibiotics by Cellular Reductants.

Olivia M Steiner, Rachel A Johnson, Xiaoyan Chen, William C Simke, Bo Li

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Article in Biochemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Olivia M SteinerDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1123-0541
Rachel A JohnsonDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1958-2218
Xiaoyan ChenDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4009-2029
William C SimkeDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3016-9969
Bo LiDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8019-8891

Funding

MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008570 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KUHLMAN, BRIAN A, SLEP, KEVIN C · 1995 to 2022
$5.1M
Mining Genomes for Synergistic AntibioticsDP2HD094657 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LI, BO · 2017 to 2017
$2.3M
UNC Chemical Biology Interface Training ProgramT32GM135122 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Jeffrey Aube · 2021 to 2026
$1.6M
Ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography coupled high resolution mass spectrometerR01GM148685 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LI, BO · 2022 to 2025
$1.6M
NICHD NIH HHS DP2 HD094657NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM148685NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008570NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM135122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dithiolopyrrolone (DTP) natural products are broad-spectrum antimicrobial and anticancer prodrugs. The DTP structure contains a unique bicyclic ene-disulfide that once reduced in the cell, chelates metal ions and disrupts metal homeostasis. In this work we investigate the intracellular activation of the DTPs and their resistance mechanisms in bacteria. We show that the prototypical DTP holomycin is reduced by several bacterial reductases and small-molecule thiols in vitro. To understand how bacteria develop resistance to the DTPs, we generate

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsOxidation-ReductionStaphylococcus aureusBacterial ProteinsDisulfidesDrug Resistance, BacterialLactamsProdrugsPyrrolesReducing AgentsSulfhydryl CompoundsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsDisulfidesholomycinLactamsProdrugsPyrrolesReducing AgentsSulfhydryl Compounds

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PMID39665630
PMCPMC12131195

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