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Functional Dissection of Intersubunit Interactions in the EspR Virulence Regulator of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Giovanni Dietler, Stewart Cole, Aleksandre Japaridze, Matteo Dal Peraro, Florence Pojer, Marco Stenta, Benjamin Blasco, Basile Isidore Martin Wicky

The nucleoid-associated protein EspR, a chromosome organizer, has pleiotropic effects on expression of genes associated with cell wall function and pathogenesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In particular, EspR binds to several sites upstream of the espAC ...

American Society for Microbiology2014

Dithiol amino acids can structurally shape and enhance the ligand-binding properties of polypeptides

Christian Heinis, Rudolf Hovius, Florence Pojer, Shiyu Chen, Ranganath Gopalakrishnan

The disulfide bonds that form between two cysteine residues are important in defining and rigidifying the structures of proteins and peptides. In polypeptides containing multiple cysteine residues, disulfide isomerization can lead to multiple products with ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

The cysteine desulfurase IscS of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is involved in iron sulfur cluster biogenesis and oxidative stress defence

Stewart Cole, Florence Pojer, Gaëlle Séraphine Kolly, Jan Lars Rybniker, Jeffrey Chen

The complex multiprotein systems for the assembly of protein-bound iron sulfur (Fe S) clusters are well defined in Gram-negative model organisms. However, little is known about Fe S cluster biogenesis in other bacterial species. The ISC (iron sulfur cluste ...

Portland Press2014

Pyridomycin bridges the NADH- and substratebinding pockets of the enoyl reductase InhA

Stewart Cole, Florence Pojer, Ruben Hartkoorn, Joao Pedro De Almeida Neres

Pyridomycin, a natural product with potent antituberculosis activity, inhibits a major drug target, the InhA enoyl reductase. Here, we unveil the co-crystal structure and unique ability of pyridomycin to block both the NADH cofactor- and lipid substrate-bi ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

Towards a new combination therapy for tuberculosis with next generation benzothiazinones

Paul Joseph Dyson, Stewart Cole, Florence Pojer, Ruben Hartkoorn, Ming Zhang, Joao Pedro De Almeida Neres, Anthony Vocat, Benoit Lechartier, Thierry Buclin

The benzothiazinone lead compound, BTZ043, kills Mycobacterium tuberculosis by inhibiting the essential flavo-enzyme DprE1, decaprenylphosphoryl-beta-D-ribose 2-epimerase. Here, we synthesized a new series of piperazine-containing benzothiazinones (PBTZ) a ...

2014

The Crystal Structures of Apo and cAMP-Bound GlxR from Corynebacterium glutamicum Reveal Structural and Dynamic Changes upon cAMP Binding in CRP/FNR Family Transcription Factors

Stewart Cole, Florence Pojer

The cyclic AMP-dependent transcriptional regulator GlxR from Corynebacterium glutamicum is a member of the super-family of CRP/FNR (cyclic AMP receptor protein/fumarate and nitrate reduction regulator) transcriptional regulators that play central roles in ...

Public Library of Science2014

Phenotypic Profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis EspA Point Mutants Reveals that Blockage of ESAT-6 and CFP-10 Secretion In Vitro Does Not Always Correlate with Attenuation of Virulence

Stewart Cole, Neeraj Dhar, Florence Pojer, Ming Zhang, Jan Lars Rybniker, Jeffrey Chen, Anna De Graff Tischler

The EspA protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential for the type VII ESX-1 protein secretion apparatus, which delivers the principal virulence factors ESAT-6 and CFP-10. In this study, site-directed mutagenesis of EspA was performed to elucidate it ...

American Society for Microbiology2013

Tetrahydrobiopterin Biosynthesis as an Off-Target of Sulfa Drugs

Kai Johnsson, Florence Pojer, Hirohito Haruki, Miriam Grønlund Pedersen, Katarzyna Irena Gorska

The introduction of sulfa drugs for the chemotherapy of bacterial infections in 1935 revolutionized medicine. Although their mechanism of action is understood, the molecular bases for most of their side effects remain obscure. Here, we report that sulfamet ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2013

Mycobacterium tuberculosis EspB binds phospholipids and mediates EsxA-independent virulence

Stewart Cole, Neeraj Dhar, Florence Pojer, Ming Zhang, Stefanie Boy-Röttger, Jan Lars Rybniker, Jeffrey Chen

The type-VII ESX-1 secretion apparatus, encoded by the esx-1 genetic locus, is essential for the export of EsxA and EsxB, two major virulence factors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ESX-1 also requires the products of the unlinked espACD operon for optimal ...

Wiley-Blackwell2013

Structure and function of the transketolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and comparison with the human enzyme

Stewart Cole, Florence Pojer, Elizabeth Fullam

The transketolase (TKT) enzyme in Mycobacterium tuberculosis represents a novel drug target for tuberculosis treatment and has low homology with the orthologous human enzyme. Here, we report on the structural and kinetic characterization of the transketola ...

Royal Soc2012

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