Search Results - "D'Ambrosio, Elizabeth A."
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Synthesis of Functionalized N‑Acetyl Muramic Acids To Probe Bacterial Cell Wall Recycling and Biosynthesis
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (01-08-2018)“…Uridine diphosphate N-acetyl muramic acid (UDP NAM) is a critical intermediate in bacterial peptidoglycan (PG) biosynthesis. As the primary source of muramic…”
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Differential Peptidoglycan Recognition Assay Using Varied Surface Presentations
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (24-06-2020)“…Bacterial peptidoglycan (PG) is recognized by the human innate immune system to generate an appropriate response. To gain an appreciation of how this essential…”
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Customized peptidoglycan surfaces to investigate innate immune recognition via surface plasmon resonance
Published in Methods in enzymology (2022)“…Glycan-protein interactions facilitate some of the most important biomolecular processes in and between cells. They are involved in different cellular…”
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Staphylococcus aureus resistance to albocycline can be achieved by mutations that alter cellular NAD/PH pools
Published in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry (15-02-2021)“…[Display omitted] Small molecule target identification is a critical step in modern antibacterial drug discovery, particularly against multi-drug resistant…”
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Synthesis and Application of Methyl N,O‐Hydroxylamine Muramyl Peptides
Published in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology (03-06-2019)“…The innate immune system's interaction with bacterial cells plays a pivotal role in a variety of human diseases. Carbohydrate units derived from a component of…”
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Modulation of the NOD-like receptors NOD1 and NOD2: A chemist’s perspective
Published in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters (15-05-2019)“…[Display omitted] The innate immune system is the body’s first defense against invading microorganisms, relying on the recognition of bacterial-derived small…”
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Molecular Recognition of Muramyl Dipeptide Occurs in the Leucine-rich Repeat Domain of Nod2
Published in ACS infectious diseases (14-04-2017)“…Genetic mutations in the innate immune receptor nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing 2 (Nod2) have demonstrated increased susceptibility to…”
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Elucidating the inhibition of peptidoglycan biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus by albocycline, a macrolactone isolated from Streptomyces maizeus
Published in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry (23-07-2018)“…[Display omitted] Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to global public health, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a poignant…”
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Probing the Peptidoglycan Molecular Recognition Mechanisms of Innate Immune Receptors NOD2 and NLRP1 Leucine Rich Repeat Domains
Published 01-01-2021“…The innate immune system is the body’s first line of defense against invading microbial pathogens. A critical component of this immune defense are the…”
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