A structural biology approach enables the development of antimicrobials targeting bacterial immunophilins.
Begley, D.W., Fox, D., Jenner, D., Juli, C., Pierce, P.G., Abendroth, J., Muruthi, M., Safford, K., Anderson, V., Atkins, K., Barnes, S.R., Moen, S.O., Raymond, A.C., Stacy, R., Myler, P.J., Staker, B.L., Harmer, N.J., Norville, I.H., Holzgrabe, U., Sarkar-Tyson, M., Edwards, T.E., Lorimer, D.D.(2014) Antimicrob Agents Chemother 58: 1458-1467
- PubMed: 24366729 
- DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01875-13
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3UF8, 3UQA, 3UQB, 3VAW, 4DZ2, 4DZ3, 4FN2, 4G50, 4GGQ, 4GIV - PubMed Abstract: 
Macrophage infectivity potentiators (Mips) are immunophilin proteins and essential virulence factors for a range of pathogenic organisms. We applied a structural biology approach to characterize a Mip from Burkholderia pseudomallei (BpML1), the causative agent of melioidosis ...