Identification of polyketide inhibitors targeting 3-dehydroquinate dehydratase in the shikimate pathway of Enterococcus faecalis.

Due to the emergence of resistance toward current antibiotics, there is a pressing need to develop the next generation of antibiotics as therapeutics against infectious and opportunistic diseases of microbial origins. The shikimate pathway is exclusive to microbes, plants and fungi, and hence is an...

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Main Authors: Vivian Wing Ngar Cheung, Bo Xue, Maria Hernandez-Valladares, Maybelle Kho Go, Alvin Tung, Adeleke H Aguda, Robert C Robinson, Wen Shan Yew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4114755?pdf=render