Crystal structures of two aminoglycoside kinases bound with a eukaryotic protein kinase inhibitor.

Antibiotic resistance is recognized as a growing healthcare problem. To address this issue, one strategy is to thwart the causal mechanism using an adjuvant in partner with the antibiotic. Aminoglycosides are a class of clinically important antibiotics used for the treatment of serious infections. T...

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Main Authors: Desiree H Fong, Bing Xiong, Jiyoung Hwang, Albert M Berghuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3090406?pdf=render