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Molecules 2021 Feb 25;26(5). Epub 2021 Feb 25.

Biophysical Chemistry, Institute for Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.

Gyrase is a bacterial type IIA topoisomerase that catalyzes negative supercoiling of DNA. The enzyme is essential in bacteria and is a validated drug target in the treatment of bacterial infections. Inhibition of gyrase activity is achieved by competitive inhibitors that interfere with ATP- or DNA-binding, or by gyrase poisons that stabilize cleavage complexes of gyrase covalently bound to the DNA, leading to double-strand breaks and cell death. Read More

Int J Mol Sci 2021 Feb 13;22(4). Epub 2021 Feb 13.

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.

Genus represents a widely spread genus of fungi that is highly popular for possessing potent medicinal potential comprising mainly antimicrobial, cytotoxic and antioxidant properties. They are highly attributed to its richness by alkaloids, terpenes, steroids and polyketons. This review aimed to comprehensively explore the diverse alkaloids isolated and identified from different species of genus that were found to be associated with different marine organisms regarding their chemistry and biology. Read More

Sci Adv 2021 Mar 3;7(10). Epub 2021 Mar 3.

Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

The widely used quinolone antibiotics act by trapping prokaryotic type IIA topoisomerases, resulting in irreversible topoisomerase cleavage complexes (TOPcc). Whereas the excision repair pathways of TOPcc in eukaryotes have been extensively studied, it is not known whether equivalent repair pathways for prokaryotic TOPcc exist. By combining genetic, biochemical, and molecular biology approaches, we demonstrate that exonuclease VII (ExoVII) excises quinolone-induced trapped DNA gyrase, an essential prokaryotic type IIA topoisomerase. Read More

Cell Rep 2021 Mar;34(9):108797

Department of Biochemistry, Light Hall, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address:

Conflicts between the replication and transcription machineries have profound effects on chromosome duplication, genome organization, and evolution across species. Head-on conflicts (lagging-strand genes) are significantly more detrimental than codirectional conflicts (leading-strand genes). The fundamental reason for this difference is unknown. Read More

Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2021 Mar 3:e2000473. Epub 2021 Mar 3.

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Bacterial infections are a serious threat to human health due to the development of resistance against the presently used antibiotics. The problem of growing and widespread antibiotic resistance is only getting worse with the shortage of new classes of antibiotics, creating a substantial unmet medical need in the treatment of serious bacterial infections. Therefore, in the present work, we report 18 novel hybrid thiazolidine-1,2,4-triazole derivatives as DNA gyrase inhibitors. Read More