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 …

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 …

A new antibiotic traps lipopolysaccharide in its intermembrane transporter

KS Pahil, MSA Gilman, V Baidin, T Clairfeuille, P Mattei… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
Gram-negative bacteria are extraordinarily difficult to kill because their cytoplasmic
membrane is surrounded by an outer membrane that blocks the entry of most antibiotics …

Biosynthesis and export of bacterial lipopolysaccharides

C Whitfield, MS Trent - Annual review of biochemistry, 2014‏ - annualreviews.org
Lipopolysaccharide molecules represent a unique family of glycolipids based on a highly
conserved lipid moiety known as lipid A. These molecules are produced by most gram …

Designing of multi-epitope peptide vaccine against Acinetobacter baumannii through combined immunoinformatics and protein interaction–based approaches

J Dey, SR Mahapatra, PK Singh… - Immunologic …, 2023‏ - Springer
Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the major pathogenic ESKAPE bacterium, which is
responsible for about more than 722,000 cases in a year, globally. Despite the alarming …

Assembly and maintenance of lipids at the bacterial outer membrane

E Lundstedt, D Kahne, N Ruiz - Chemical reviews, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria is essential for their survival in harsh
environments and provides intrinsic resistance to many antibiotics. This membrane is …

Prospects for new antibiotics: a molecule-centered perspective

CT Walsh, TA Wencewicz - The Journal of antibiotics, 2014‏ - nature.com
There is a continuous need for iterative cycles of antibiotic discovery and development to
deal with the selection of resistant pathogens that emerge as therapeutic application of an …

Structure of a nascent membrane protein as it folds on the BAM complex

D Tomasek, S Rawson, J Lee, JS Wzorek, SC Harrison… - Nature, 2020‏ - nature.com
Mitochondria, chloroplasts and Gram-negative bacteria are encased in a double layer of
membranes. The outer membrane contains proteins with a β-barrel structure,. β-Barrels are …

Structural basis for lipopolysaccharide insertion in the bacterial outer membrane

S Qiao, Q Luo, Y Zhao, XC Zhang, Y Huang - Nature, 2014‏ - nature.com
One of the fundamental properties of biological membranes is the asymmetric distribution of
membrane lipids. In Gram-negative bacteria, the outer leaflet of the outer membrane is …

Structural basis for outer membrane lipopolysaccharide insertion

H Dong, Q **ang, Y Gu, Z Wang, NG Paterson… - Nature, 2014‏ - nature.com
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is essential for most Gram-negative bacteria and has crucial roles
in protection of the bacteria from harsh environments and toxic compounds, including …