Novel MscL agonists that allow multiple antibiotics cytoplasmic access activate the channel through a common binding site.

The antibiotic resistance crisis is becoming dire, yet in the past several years few potential antibiotics or adjuvants with novel modes of action have been identified. The bacterial mechanosensitive channel of large conductance, MscL, found in the majority of bacterial species, including pathogens,...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robin Wray, Junmei Wang, Irene Iscla, Paul Blount
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228153