Making and Breaking Leupeptin Protease Inhibitors in Pathogenic Gammaproteobacteria
Li J, Oh J, Kienesberger S, Kim NY, Clarke DJ, Zechner EL, Crawford J. Making and Breaking Leupeptin Protease Inhibitors in Pathogenic Gammaproteobacteria. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59: 17872-17880. PMID: 32609431, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202005506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBacterial small moleculesTripeptide aldehyde protease inhibitorsHeterologous expression analysisProtease inhibitorsColonization phenotypesPhotorhabdus speciesHypothetical proteinsNematode hostsPathogenic GammaproteobacteriaExpression analysisBacterial productionAccessory enzymesGenetic distributionProteolytic degradationSmall moleculesEnzymeLeupeptinKlebsiella oxytocaInhibitorsGammaproteobacteriaLigasesXenorhabdusPhotorhabdusBiosynthesisSpecies