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Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volume 7 Issue 10
ISSN: 1389-5575

 

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  Recent Advances Towards New Anti-Infective Agents that Inhibit Cell Surface Protein Anchoring in Staphylococcus aureus and Other Gram-Positive Pathogens
  pp.991-1000 (10) Authors: N. Suree, M. E. Jung, R. T. Clubb
 
 
      Abstract

Sortase enzymes are attractive targets for the development of new anti-infective agents against Gram-positive pathogens because they covalently anchor virulence factors to the cell wall. Here we review what is known about the mechanism of sortase mediated protein anchoring and discuss recently identified inhibitors of this new important enzyme family.

 
  Keywords: Sortase, antibiotic, anti-infective, Staphylococcus aureus, gram-positive bacteria, inhibitor, SrtA
  Affiliation: Department of Chemistry&Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue,Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570, USA.
 
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