Theoretical Development of DnaG Primase as a Novel Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotic Target.

ABSTRACT: The widespread use of antibiotics to treat infections is one of the reasons that global mortality rates have fallen over the past 80 years. However, antibiotic use is also responsible for the concomitant rise in antibiotic resistance because it results in dysbiosis in which commensal and pathogenic bacteria are both greatly reduced. Therefore, narrow-range antibiotics are a promising direction for reducing antibiotic resistance because they are more discriminate. As a step toward addressing this problem, the goal of this study was to identify sites on DnaG primase that are conserved within Gram-positive bacteria and different from the equivalent sites in Gram-negative bacteria. Based on sequence and structural analysis, the primase C-terminal helicase-binding domain (CTD) was identified as

SUBMITTER: Periago J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8928506 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature