Publications
An antibiotic preorganized for ribosomal binding overcomes antimicrobial resistance. Science. 383, 721-726
(2024) Berberine analog of chloramphenicol exhibits a distinct mode of action and unveils ribosome plasticity. Structure. 10.1016/j.str.2024.06.013
(2024) Development of 2nd generation aminomethyl spectinomycins that overcome native efflux in abscessus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 121, e2314101120
(2024) Macrolones target bacterial ribosomes and DNA gyrase and can evade resistance mechanisms. Nat Chem Biol. 10.1038/s41589-024-01685-3
(2024) Structural basis of Cfr-mediated antimicrobial resistance and mechanisms to evade it. Nat Chem Biol. 20, 867-876
(2024) Insights into the molecular mechanism of translation inhibition by the ribosome-targeting antibiotic thermorubin.. Nucleic Acids Res. 51, 449-462
(2023) Practical Synthesis of -Formylmethionylated Peptidyl-tRNA Mimics. ACS Chem Biol. 10.1021/acschembio.3c00237
(2023) (2023) Insights into the ribosome function from the structures of non-arrested ribosome-nascent chain complexes. Nat Chem. 10.1038/s41557-022-01073-1
(2022) Structural basis for the context-specific action of the classic peptidyl transferase inhibitor chloramphenicol. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 29, 152-161
(2022) Structural basis for the inability of chloramphenicol to inhibit peptide bond formation in the presence of A-site glycine. Nucleic Acids Res. 50, 7669-7679
(2022) Binding and Action of Triphenylphosphonium Analog of Chloramphenicol upon the Bacterial Ribosome. Antibiotics (Basel). 10.3390/antibiotics10040390
(2021) Structure of Erm-modified 70S ribosome reveals the mechanism of macrolide resistance. Nat Chem Biol. 10.1038/s41589-020-00715-0
(2021) A synthetic antibiotic class overcoming bacterial multidrug resistance. Nature. 10.1038/s41586-021-04045-6
(2021) Sarecycline interferes with tRNA accommodation and tethers mRNA to the 70S ribosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 10.1073/pnas.2008671117
(2020) Pseudouridinylation of mRNA coding sequences alters translation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 116, 23068-23074
(2019) Structure of dirithromycin bound to the bacterial ribosome suggests new ways for rational improvement of macrolides. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 10.1128/AAC.02266-18
(2019) Binding and Action of Amino Acid Analogs of Chloramphenicol upon the Bacterial Ribosome. J Mol Biol. 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.01.016
(2018) Mechanistic insights into the slow peptide bond formation with D-amino acids in the ribosomal active site. Nucleic Acids Res. 10.1093/nar/gky1211
(2018) Odilorhabdins, Antibacterial Agents that Cause Miscoding by Binding at a New Ribosomal Site. Mol Cell. 70, 83-94.e7
(2018) Co-produced natural ketolides methymycin and pikromycin inhibit bacterial growth by preventing synthesis of a limited number of proteins. Nucleic Acids Res. 45, 9573-9582
(2017) Klebsazolicin inhibits 70S ribosome by obstructing the peptide exit tunnel. Nat Chem Biol. 10.1038/nchembio.2462
(2017) Madumycin II inhibits peptide bond formation by forcing the peptidyl transferase center into an inactive state. Nucleic Acids Res. 10.1093/nar/gkx413
(2017) Insights into RNA binding by the anticancer drug cisplatin from the crystal structure of cisplatin-modified ribosome. Nucleic Acids Res. 44, 4978-87
(2016) Acoustic vibrations contribute to the diffuse scatter produced by ribosome crystals. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 71, 2021-31
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