Z-ring Achilles' heel for MRSA (original) (raw)

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...PC190723 is a promising starting point for the future development of anti-staphylococcal drugs...

By screening more than 500 derivatives of 3-methoxybenzamide, a known inhibitor of FtsZ, Haydon et al. identified PC190723, which kills MRSA, together with many species of Staphylococcus and Bacillus subtilis . Streptococcus species, Gram-negative bacteria and eukaryotic cells were unaffected by PC190723. Sequence analyses indicated that bacteria that are not killed by PC190723 have replaced valine 307 in FtsZ with a bulky histidine or arginine residue. This probably prevents the drug from accessing its putative binding site.

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1. Christiaan van Ooij

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van Ooij, C. Z-ring Achilles' heel for MRSA.Nat Rev Microbiol 6, 799 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2016

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