| Literature DB >> 15276179 |
Cesare Montecucco1, Fiorella Tonello, Giuseppe Zanotti.
Abstract
Inhalation of anthrax spores rapidly develops into a deadly bacteraemia and toxaemia. Anthrax toxins include the lethal factor (LF), a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-kinase-specific metalloprotease, which acts in the cell cytosol and plays a major part in anthrax pathogenesis. Recently, screening methods have led to the discovery of LF inhibitors that are membrane permeable. This will pave the way for design of novel anthrax therapeutics that are capable of inhibiting the metalloprotease activity of LF in vivo.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15276179 DOI： 10.1016/j.tibs.2004.04.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Biochem Sci ISSN： 0968-0004 Impact factor: 13.807