A journey from structure to function of bacterial lipopolysaccharides

F Di Lorenzo, KA Duda, R Lanzetta, A Silipo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a crucial constituent of the outer membrane of most Gram-
negative bacteria, playing a fundamental role in the protection of bacteria from …

Function and biogenesis of lipopolysaccharides

B Bertani, N Ruiz - Ecosal plus, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The cell envelope is the first line of defense between a bacterium and the world-at-large.
Often, the initial steps that determine the outcome of chemical warfare, bacteriophage …

The Building Blocks of Antimicrobial Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Implications for Current Resistance-Breaking Therapies

RF Langendonk, DR Neill, JL Fothergill - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
P. aeruginosa is classified as a priority one pathogen by the World Health Organisation, and
new drugs are urgently needed, due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains …

Pushing the envelope: LPS modifications and their consequences

BW Simpson, MS Trent - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
The defining feature of the Gram-negative cell envelope is the presence of two cellular
membranes, with the specialized glycolipid lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exclusively found on …

Lipopolysaccharide transport and assembly at the outer membrane: the PEZ model

S Okuda, DJ Sherman, TJ Silhavy, N Ruiz… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Gram-negative bacteria have a double-membrane cellular envelope that enables them to
colonize harsh environments and prevents the entry of many clinically available antibiotics …

Chimeric peptidomimetic antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria

A Luther, M Urfer, M Zahn, M Müller, SY Wang… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
There is an urgent need for new antibiotics against Gram-negative pathogens that are
resistant to carbapenem and third-generation cephalosporins, against which antibiotics of …

Leaks in the pipeline: a failure analysis of gram-negative antibiotic development from 2010 to 2020

NK Prasad, IB Seiple, RT Cirz… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that our current arsenal of
antibiotics is not innovative enough to face impending infectious diseases, especially those …

The power of asymmetry: architecture and assembly of the Gram-negative outer membrane lipid bilayer

JC Henderson, SM Zimmerman… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Determining the chemical composition of biological materials is paramount to the study of
natural phenomena. Here, we describe the composition of model gram-negative outer …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging peptide antibiotics with therapeutic potential

G Upert, A Luther, D Obrecht, P Ermert - Medicine in drug discovery, 2021 - Elsevier
This review covers some of the recent progress in the field of peptide antibiotics with a focus
on compounds with novel or established mode of action and with demonstrated efficacy in …

Overcoming intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms associated with the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria

RE Impey, DA Hawkins, JM Sutton… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The global increase in multi-drug-resistant bacteria is severely impacting our ability to
effectively treat common infections. For Gram-negative bacteria, their intrinsic and acquired …