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Histidine kinases as targets for new antimicrobial agents

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authors

  • Matsushita, M.
  • Janda, Kim

publication date

  • April 2002

journal

  • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry  Journal

abstract

  • The emergence and spread of hospital acquired multi drug resistant bacteria present a need for new antibiotics with innovative mode of action. Advances in molecular microbiology and genomics have led to the identification of numerous bacterial genes coding for proteins that could potentially serve as targets for antibacterial compounds. Histidine kinase promoted two-component systems are extremely common in bacteria and play an important role in essential signal transduction for adapting to bacterial stress. Since signal transduction in mammals occurs by a different mechanism, inhibition of histidine kinases could be a potential target for antimicrobial agents. This review will summarize our current knowledge of the structure and function of histidine kinase and the development of antibiotics with a new mode of action: targeting histidine kinase promoted signal transduction and its subsequent regulation of gene expression system.

subject areas

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Drug Design
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Protein Kinases
  • Signal Transduction
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0968-0896

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0968-0896(01)00355-8

PubMed ID

  • 11836091
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 855

end page

  • 867

volume

  • 10

issue

  • 4

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