| Literature DB >> 26459891 |
Chui-Yoke Chin1, Kelsey A Gregg2, Brooke A Napier3, Robert K Ernst2, David S Weiss4.
Abstract
Emerging resistance to "last-resort" polymyxin antibiotics in Gram-negative bacteria is a significant threat to public health. We identified the Acinetobacter baumannii NaxD deacetylase as a critical mediator of lipid A modification resulting in polymyxin resistance and demonstrated that naxD is regulated by the sensor kinase PmrB. This represents the first description of a specific PmrB-regulated gene contributing to polymyxin resistance in A. baumannii and highlights NaxD as a putative drug target to reverse polymyxin resistance.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26459891 PMCID: PMC4649237 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00515-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191