The biology of Mur ligases as an antibacterial target - PubMed (original) (raw)

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doi: 10.1111/mmi.12758. Epub 2014 Sep 5.

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The biology of Mur ligases as an antibacterial target

Imène Kouidmi et al. Mol Microbiol. 2014 Oct.

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Abstract

With antibiotic resistance mechanisms increasing in diversity and spreading among bacterial pathogens, the development of new classes of antibacterial agents against judiciously chosen targets is a high-priority task. The biochemical pathway for peptidoglycan biosynthesis is one of the best sources of antibacterial targets. Within this pathway are the Mur ligases, described in this review as highly suitable targets for the development of new classes of antibacterial agents. The amide ligases MurC, MurD, MurE and MurF function with the same catalytic mechanism and share conserved amino acid regions and structural features that can conceivably be exploited for the design of inhibitors that simultaneously target more than one enzyme. This would provide multi-target antibacterial weapons with minimized likelihood of target-mediated resistance development.

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