Browsing by Author "Najeeb, Javaria"
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Curative Treatment of Severe Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections by a New Class of Antibiotics Targeting LpxC.
Lemaître, Nadine; Liang, Xiaofei; Najeeb, Javaria; Lee, Chul-Jin; Titecat, Marie; Leteurtre, Emmanuelle; Simonet, Michel; ... (10 authors) (MBio, 2017-07-25)The infectious diseases caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria pose serious threats to humankind. It has been suggested that an antibiotic targeting LpxC of the lipid A biosynthetic pathway in Gram-negative bacteria is a ... -
Drug design from the cryptic inhibitor envelope.
Lee, Chul-Jin; Liang, Xiaofei; Wu, Qinglin; Najeeb, Javaria; Zhao, Jinshi; Gopalaswamy, Ramesh; Titecat, Marie; ... (11 authors) (Nat Commun, 2016-02-25)Conformational dynamics plays an important role in enzyme catalysis, allosteric regulation of protein functions and assembly of macromolecular complexes. Despite these well-established roles, such information has yet to ... -
Structure-Guided Design of Novel Therapeutics Targeting Translesion DNA Synthesis and Lipid A Biosynthesis
Najeeb, Javaria (2019)Cancer is one of the most devastating diseases in modern society, with over 1.6 million new cancer cases occurring in the US alone each year. DNA-damaging agents are often the first line of defense against rapidly dividing ...