Antimicrobial strategies centered around reactive oxygen species–bactericidal antibiotics, photodynamic therapy, and beyond

F Vatansever, WCMA de Melo, P Avci… - FEMS microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) can attack a diverse range of targets to exert antimicrobial
activity, which accounts for their versatility in mediating host defense against a broad range …

The potential of nitric oxide releasing therapies as antimicrobial agents

DO Schairer, JS Chouake, JD Nosanchuk… - Virulence, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Nitric oxide (NO) is a short-lived, diatomic, lipophilic gas that plays an integral role in
defending against pathogens. Among its many functions are involvement in immune cell …

Protein S-nitrosylation: purview and parameters

DT Hess, A Matsumoto, SO Kim, HE Marshall… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2005 - nature.com
S-nitrosylation, the covalent attachment of a nitrogen monoxide group to the thiol side chain
of cysteine, has emerged as an important mechanism for dynamic, post-translational …

Chemical methods for map** cysteine oxidation

LJ Alcock, MV Perkins, JM Chalker - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Cysteine residues in proteins are subject to diverse redox chemistry. Oxidation of cysteine to
S-nitrosocysteine, cysteine sulfenic and sulfinic acids, disulfides and persulfides are a few …

Oxidative stress

G Storz, JA Imlayt - Current opinion in microbiology, 1999 - Elsevier
Much has been learnt about oxidative stress from studies of Escherichia coli. Key regulators
of the adaptive responses in this organism are the SoxRS and OxyR transcription factors …

Methods to detect nitric oxide and its metabolites in biological samples

NS Bryan, MB Grisham - Free radical biology and medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) methodology is a complex and often confusing science and the focus of
many debates and discussion concerning NO biochemistry. NO is involved in many …

[PDF][PDF] Perspectives series: host/pathogen interactions. Mechanisms of nitric oxide-related antimicrobial activity.

FC Fang - The Journal of clinical investigation, 1997 - Am Soc Clin Investig
With a molecular weight of 30 nitric oxide (NO) 1 is certainly one of the smallest biological
molecular mediators. In mammalian cells, NO is produced along with l-citrulline by the …

Albumin, an interesting and functionally diverse protein, varies from 'native'to 'effective'

N Wu, T Liu, M Tian, C Liu, S Ma… - Molecular …, 2023 - spandidos-publications.com
Human serum albumins (HSAs) are synthesized in the liver and are the most abundant
proteins in plasma of healthy human. They play an important role in the pathophysiological …

Improving wastewater management using free nitrous acid (FNA)

H Duan, S Gao, X Li, NH Ab Hamid, G Jiang, M Zheng… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Free nitrous acid (FNA), the protonated form of nitrite, has historically been an unwanted
substance in wastewater systems due to its inhibition on a wide range of microorganisms …

S-nitrosoglutathione

KA Broniowska, AR Diers, N Hogg - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: S-Nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) is the S-nitrosated derivative of glutathione
and is thought to be a critical mediator of the down stream signaling effects of nitric oxide …