One ring to fight them all: The sulfazecin story.

Braga D, Lackner G (2017) One ring to fight them all: The sulfazecin story. Cell Chem Biol 24(1), 1-2. (Review)

Abstract

In this issue of Cell Chemical Biology, Li et al. (2017) report on the biosynthesis of the monobactam sulfazecin by Pseudomonas acidophila and hypothesize a novel mechanism of β-lactam ring formation. As monobactam antibiotics are unaffected by some emerging resistance mechanisms (particularly metallo-β-lactamases), this discovery opens prospects to engineer β-lactam antibiotics against multi-drug resistant pathogens.

Leibniz-HKI-Autor*innen

Daniel Braga de Lima
Gerald Lackner

Identifier

doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.01.001

PMID: 28107651