The colibactin warhead crosslinks DNA
Vizcaino MI, Crawford JM. The colibactin warhead crosslinks DNA. Nature Chemistry 2015, 7: 411-417. PMID: 25901819, PMCID: PMC4499846, DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA-damaging activityHost-microbe interactionsUncharacterized familyColibactin biosynthesisSmall moleculesHybrid pathwayCancer formationMode of actionDuplex DNACrosslinks DNAMicrobial metabolitesUnexpected modelHuman microbiotaSelect strainsMetabolomic analysisDNAPathwayEscherichia coli presentHuman colonLabeling studiesDisease statesDirect experimental evidenceHuman healthBiosynthesisColibactin
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