Structural insight into the inactivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis non-classical transpeptidase LdtMt2 by biapenem and tebipenem.
Bianchet, M.A., Pan, Y.H., Basta, L.A.B., Saavedra, H., Lloyd, E.P., Kumar, P., Mattoo, R., Townsend, C.A., Lamichhane, G.(2017) BMC Biochem 18: 8-8
- PubMed: 28545389 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12858-017-0082-4
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5D7H, 5DC2, 5DCC - PubMed Abstract: 
The carbapenem subclass of β-lactams is among the most potent antibiotics available today. Emerging evidence shows that, unlike other subclasses of β-lactams, carbapenems bind to and inhibit non-classical transpeptidases (L,D-transpeptidases) that generate 3 → 3 linkages in bacterial peptidoglycan. The carbapenems biapenem and tebipenem exhibit therapeutically valuable potencies against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb).
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. bianchet@jhmi.edu.