Bacterial branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis: structures, mechanisms, and drugability

TM Amorim Franco, JS Blanchard - Biochemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
The eight enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of the three branched-chain amino acids
(l-isoleucine, l-leucine, and l-valine) were identified decades ago using classical genetic …

Nutrient stress is a target for new antibiotics

LA Carfrae, ED Brown - Trends in microbiology, 2023 - cell.com
Novel approaches are required to address the looming threat of pan-resistant Gram-
negative pathogens and forestall the rise of untreatable infections. Unconventional targets …

Plasma branched-chain and aromatic amino acids correlate with the gut microbiota and severity of Parkinson's disease

Y Zhang, X He, Y Qian, S Xu, C Mo, Z Yan… - npj Parkinson's …, 2022 - nature.com
Disturbances of circulating amino acids have been demonstrated in patients with
Parkinson's disease (PD). However, there have been no consistent results for branched …

Targeting amino acid metabolism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for develo** inhibitors to curtail its survival

SD Yelamanchi, A Surolia - IUBMB life, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis caused by the bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), continues to
remain one of the most devastating infectious diseases afflicting humans. Although there are …

Paenarthrobacter sp. GOM3 is a novel marine species with monoaromatic degradation relevance

J Rosas-Díaz, A Escobar-Zepeda, L Adaya… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Paenarthrobacter sp. GOM3, which is a strain that represents a new species-specific context
within the genus Paenarthrobacter, is clearly a branched member independent of any group …

The chemical mechanisms of the enzymes in the branched-chain amino acids biosynthetic pathway and their applications

YF Liang, ZX Long, YJ Zhang, CY Luo, LT Yan… - Biochimie, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract l-Valine, l-isoleucine, and l-leucine are three key proteinogenic amino acids, and
they are also the essential amino acids required for mammalian growth, possessing …

Bioorganometallic Chemistry with IspG and IspH: Structure, Function, and Inhibition of the [Fe4S4] Proteins Involved in Isoprenoid Biosynthesis

W Wang, E Oldfield - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Enzymes of the methylerythritol phosphate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis are attractive
anti‐infective drug targets. The last two enzymes of this pathway, IspG and IspH, are [Fe4S4] …

Equal opportunity for low-degree network nodes: a PageRank-based method for protein target identification in metabolic graphs

D Bánky, G Iván, V Grolmusz - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Biological network data, such as metabolic-, signaling-or physical interaction graphs of
proteins are increasingly available in public repositories for important species. Tools for the …

[HTML][HTML] Iron–sulfur clusters toward stresses: implication for understanding and fighting tuberculosis

I Elchennawi, S Ollagnier de Choudens - Inorganics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death due to a single pathogen, accounting
for 1.5 million deaths annually on the global level. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the …

Cyanobacterial dihydroxyacid dehydratases are a promising growth inhibition target

P Zhang, BS MacTavish, G Yang, M Chen… - ACS chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Microbes are essential to the global ecosystem, but undesirable microbial growth causes
issues ranging from food spoilage and infectious diseases to harmful cyanobacterial …