Nucleoid-associated protein HU: A lilliputian in gene regulation of bacterial virulence

P Stojkova, P Spidlova, J Stulik - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Nucleoid-associated proteins belong to a group of small but abundant proteins in bacterial
cells. These transcription regulators are responsible for many important cellular processes …

Biomolecular condensates as stress sensors and modulators of bacterial signaling

M Sasazawa, DT Tomares, WS Childers… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Microbes exhibit remarkable adaptability to environmental fluctuations. Signaling
mechanisms, such as two-component systems and secondary messengers, have long been …

Lysine acetylation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis HU protein modulates its DNA binding and genome organization

S Ghosh, B Padmanabhan, C Anand… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nucleoid‐associated protein HU, a conserved protein across eubacteria is necessary for
maintaining the nucleoid organization and global regulation of gene expression …

Posttranslational modification of a histone-like protein regulates phenotypic resistance to isoniazid in mycobacteria

A Sakatos, GH Babunovic, MR Chase, A Dills… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
There is increasing evidence that phenotypically drug-resistant bacteria may be important
determinants of antibiotic treatment failure. Using high-throughput imaging, we defined …

The role of transcriptional regulators in metal ion homeostasis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

S Wang, R Fang, H Wang, X Li, J **ng, Z Li… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Metal ions are essential trace elements for all living organisms and play critical catalytic,
structural, and allosteric roles in many enzymes and transcription factors. Mycobacterium …

Approaches for targeting the mycobactin biosynthesis pathway for novel anti-tubercular drug discovery: Where we stand

M Shyam, D Shilkar, G Rakshit… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Several decades of antitubercular drug discovery efforts have focused on novel
antitubercular chemotherapies. However, recent efforts have greatly shifted toward …

[HTML][HTML] Small prokaryotic DNA-binding proteins protect genome integrity throughout the life cycle

K Molan, D Žgur Bertok - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Genomes of all organisms are persistently threatened by endogenous and exogenous
assaults. Bacterial mechanisms of genome maintenance must provide protection throughout …

Computer-aided drug discovery approaches against the tropical infectious diseases malaria, tuberculosis, trypanosomiasis, and leishmaniasis

PM Njogu, EM Guantai, E Pavadai… - ACS infectious …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Despite the tremendous improvement in overall global health heralded by the adoption of
the Millennium Declaration in the year 2000, tropical infections remain a major health …

Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of novel substituted isatin-propylene-1H-1, 2, 3-triazole-4-methylene-moxifloxacin hybrids for their anti-mycobacterial activities

X Yan, Z Lv, J Wen, S Zhao, Z Xu - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Twelve novel substituted isatin-propylene-1H-1, 2, 3-triazole-4-methylene-moxifloxacin
hybrids 5a-l were designed, synthesized and screened for their in vitro anti-mycobacterial …

Targeting bacterial transcription factors for infection control: opportunities and challenges

A Al-Tohamy, A Grove - Transcription, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The rising threat of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria emphasizes the need for new
therapeutic strategies. This review focuses on bacterial transcription factors (TFs), which …