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Phosphonosulfonates are potent, selective inhibitors of dehydrosqualene synthase and staphyloxanthin biosynthesis in staphylococcus aureus
Song, Yongcheng,Lin, Fu-Yang,Yin, Fenglin,Hensler, Mary,Poveda, Carlos A. Rodrígues,Mukkamala, Dushyant,Cao, Rong,Wang, Hong,Morita, Craig T.,Pacanowska, Dolores González,Nizet, Victor,Oldfield, Eric
experimental part, p. 976 - 988 (2009/12/04)
Staphylococcus aureus produces a golden carotenoid virulence factor called staphyloxanthin (STX), and we report here the inhibition of the enzyme, dehydrosqualene synthase (CrtM), responsible for the first committed step in STX biosynthesis. The most acti
