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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2026

The Natural Product Corramycin Acts as a DNA Gyrase Poison and Overcomes Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Franziska Fries, Jennifer Herrmann, Michael Dal Molin, Yaëlle Wormser, Timo Risch, Yunsheng Gao, Gareth Prosser, Francesca Gubellini, Ariel Mechaly, Joshua B Wallach and 16 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Franziska FriesHelmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6485-8317
Jennifer HerrmannHelmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Michael Dal MolinDepartment I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Yaëlle WormserInstitut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 3528, Bacterial Cell Cycle Mechanisms Unit, Paris, France.
Timo RischHelmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Yunsheng GaoHelmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Gareth ProsserMicrobial Interface Biology, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany.
Francesca GubelliniInstitut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 3528, Structural Microbiology Unit, Paris, France.
Ariel MechalyInstitut Pasteur, Plate-Forme de Cristallographie - C2RT, CNRS UMR 3528, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Joshua B WallachDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
Anthony CastroDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
Arka BanerjeeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8387-1271
Sari RasheedHelmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Alexander HornOrganic Chemistry I, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Mathias MüskenHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Central Facility for Microscopy, Braunschweig, Germany.
Michael KurzSanofi-Aventis Deutschland R&D, LGCR/Chemistry, Industriepark Hoechst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Lindsay SonnenkalbGerman Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Borstel, Germany.
Viola DreyerGerman Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Borstel, Germany.
Stefan NiemannGerman Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Borstel, Germany.
Sönke AndresNational and WHO Supranational Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany.
Dirk SchnappingerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
Uli KazmaierHelmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Norbert ReilingMicrobial Interface Biology, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, Borstel, Germany.
Rolf MüllerHelmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Department of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Jan RybnikerDepartment I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Stéphanie PetrellaInstitut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR 3528, Bacterial Cell Cycle Mechanisms Unit, Paris, France.

Funding

French National Research Agency ANR-24-CE92-0080Gates Foundation INV-001913Gates Foundation INV-055896Gates Foundation INV-055900German Center for Infection Research TTU02.810German Center for Infection Research TTU02.814German Center for Infection Research TTU 09.827German Research Foundation 545546569
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite significant advancements in drug development and discovery, tuberculosis remains one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases. The rise and global spread of multidrug-resistant strains underscore a critical need for new antibiotics with distinct mechanisms of action. Screening of a myxobacterial extract library uncovered the previously unrecognized antitubercular activity of corramycin, a natural product with potent bactericidal activity against both drug-sensitive and -resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Corramycin enters the bacterial cell by exploiting multiple transport systems, and induces DNA double-strand breaks through a novel form of DNA gyrase poisoning. The cryo-electron microscopy structure of M. tuberculosis gyrase in complex with corramycin reveals that the natural product targets a site overlapping with the binding site of synthetic fluoroquinolones, thereby locking the gyrase in an inactive conformation and preventing re-ligation of DNA. Importantly, its unique mode of binding allows corramycin to overcome fluoroquinolone resistance, highlighting its promise as a novel antibiotic scaffold to address the antimicrobial resistance crisis.

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cryo‐EMDNA synthesis inhibitorgyrase poisonmechanism of actionMycobacterium tuberculosisnatural products

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PMID42573571
PMCPMC13455829

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