[HTML][HTML] Towards the sustainable discovery and development of new antibiotics

M Miethke, M Pieroni, T Weber, M Brönstrup… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
An ever-increasing demand for novel antimicrobials to treat life-threatening infections
caused by the global spread of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens stands in stark …

1H-Detected Biomolecular NMR under Fast Magic-Angle Spinning

T Le Marchand, T Schubeis, M Bonaccorsi… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Since the first pioneering studies on small deuterated peptides dating more than 20 years
ago, 1H detection has evolved into the most efficient approach for investigation of …

Teixobactin kills bacteria by a two-pronged attack on the cell envelope

R Shukla, F Lavore, S Maity, MGN Derks, CR Jones… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Antibiotics that use novel mechanisms are needed to combat antimicrobial resistance,–.
Teixobactin represents a new class of antibiotics with a unique chemical scaffold and lack of …

Solid-state NMR investigations of extracellular matrixes and cell walls of algae, bacteria, fungi, and plants

N Ghassemi, A Poulhazan, F Deligey… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Extracellular matrixes (ECMs), such as the cell walls and biofilms, are important for
supporting cell integrity and function and regulating intercellular communication. These …

Dynamic nuclear polarization for sensitivity enhancement in biomolecular solid-state NMR

T Biedenbänder, V Aladin, S Saeidpour… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solid-state NMR with magic-angle spinning (MAS) is an important method in structural
biology. While NMR can provide invaluable information about local geometry on an atomic …

[PDF][PDF] After a century of nisin research-where are we now?

D Field, M Fernandez de Ullivarri… - FEMS microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
It is almost a century since nisin was discovered in fermented milk cultures, coincidentally in
the same year that penicillin was first described. Over the last 100 years this small, highly …

In-cell structural biology by NMR: the benefits of the atomic scale

FX Theillet - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In-cell structural biology aims at extracting structural information about proteins or nucleic
acids in their native, cellular environment. This emerging field holds great promise and is …

[HTML][HTML] An antibiotic from an uncultured bacterium binds to an immutable target

R Shukla, AJ Peoples, KC Ludwig, S Maity, MGN Derks… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Antimicrobial resistance is a leading mortality factor worldwide. Here, we report the
discovery of clovibactin, an antibiotic isolated from uncultured soil bacteria. Clovibactin …

Advanced techniques for detecting protein misfolding and aggregation in cellular environments

Y Bai, S Zhang, H Dong, Y Liu, C Liu… - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation, a key contributor to the progression of numerous
neurodegenerative diseases, results in functional deficiencies and the creation of harmful …

Solid-state NMR spectroscopy

B Reif, SE Ashbrook, L Emsley, M Hong - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2021 - nature.com
Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is an atomic-level method to
determine the chemical structure, 3D structure and dynamics of solids and semi-solids. This …