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ArticleACS chemical biology2025

Inhibitors of Lysinoalanine Cross-Linking in the Flagella Hook as Antimicrobials against Spirochetes.

Michael J Lynch, Kurni Kurniyati, Maithili Deshpande, Nyles W Charon, Chunhao Li, Brian R Crane

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Article in ACS chemical biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors.

Michael J LynchDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.
Kurni KurniyatiPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, Virginia 23298, United States.
Maithili DeshpandeDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.
Nyles W CharonDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States.
Chunhao LiPhilips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, Virginia 23298, United States.
Brian R CraneDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8234-9991

Funding

Understanding Unique Aspects of Motility and Chemotaxis in Borrelia burgdorferiR01AI078958 · NIAID · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Chunhao Chris Li · 2008 to 2026
$5.7M
Exploring New Virulence Factors of the Oral Spirochete Treponema denticolaR01DE023080 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Chunhao Chris Li · 2013 to 2026
$5.2M
Training future leaders at the chemistry-biology interfaceT32GM138826 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI Jeremy Baskin · 2021 to 2026
$2.6M
Toward novel therapies against Lyme disease through the inhibition of lysinoalaine cross-linking in the bacterial flagella.R01AI148844 · NIAID · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI CRANE, BRIAN R, LI, CHUNHAO CHRIS · 2021 to 2024
$2.4M
Decoding the glycome of oral Treponema denticolaR01DE034063 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Chunhao Chris Li · 2024 to 2026
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI078958NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148844NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE023080NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE034063NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM138826
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Abstract

Spirochetes are especially invasive bacteria that are responsible for several human diseases, including Lyme disease, periodontal disease, syphilis, and leptospirosis. Spirochetes rely on an unusual form of motility based on periplasmic flagella (PFs) to infect hosts and evade the immune system. The flexible hook of these PFs contains a post-translational modification in the form of a lysinoalanine (Lal) cross-link between adjacent subunits of FlgE, which primarily comprise the hook. Lal cross-linking has since been found in key species across the phylum and involves residues that are highly conserved. The requirement of the Lal cross-link for motility of the pathogens

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FlagellaLysinoalanineAnti-Bacterial AgentsBorrelia burgdorferiCross-Linking ReagentsHumansTreponema denticolaTriclosanAnti-Bacterial AgentsCross-Linking ReagentsLysinoalanineTriclosan

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PMID40000236
PMCPMC12577791

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