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BIOCHIMIE
卷 165, 期 -, 页码 67-75出版社
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2019.07.006
关键词
Persistent infection; Stringent response; ppGpp; ppGpp synthetase; RelA; Drug target
资金
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India [SB/YS/LS-176/2014]
- ICGEB core funds
- ICGEB Arturo Falaschi pre-doctoral fellowship
More than half of the world's population is infected with persistent bacterial infections, consequently, persisters are gradually becoming a major public health concern. During the persistent phase, bacterial pathogens deploy many regulatory strategies to compensate unfavorable host environmental conditions. The stringent response is one of such gene regulatory mechanisms which is stimulated by nutrient starvation. It is regulated by the synthesis of highly phosphorylated signaling nucleotides, (p) ppGpp or alarmone. (p) ppGpp is synthesized by ppGpp synthetases, and these proteins are classified as RelA/SpoT homolog (RSH) proteins. Subsequently, (p) ppGpp modulate several molecular and biochemical processes ranging from transcription to metabolism. Imperativeness of (p) ppGpp synthetases has been investigated by numerous approaches including microbiology and animal studies, thereby establishing that Rel enzyme deleted strains of pathogenic bacteria were unable to transform in persister form. In this review, we summarize recent findings to corroborate the rationality to consider (p) ppGpp synthetase as a potential target in discovering a novel class of antimicrobial agents to combat persistent infections. Moreover, inhibition studies on Mycobacterium tuberculosis (p) ppGpp synthetase shows that these inhibitors prevent dormant state transition and biofilm formation. Also, we have highlighted the structural biology of (p) ppGpp synthetases, which may provide significant information that could be used in structure-based inhibitor design. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. and Societe Francaise de Biochimie et Biologie Moleculaire (SFBBM). All rights reserved.
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