List of works by Carlos Contreras-Martel

MreB and MurG as scaffolds for the cytoplasmic steps of peptidoglycan biosynthesis

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New 5-benzylidenethiazolidin-4-one inhibitors of bacterial MurD ligase: design, synthesis, crystal structures, and biological evaluation

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Novel naphthalene-N-sulfonyl-D-glutamic acid derivatives as inhibitors of MurD, a key peptidoglycan biosynthesis enzyme

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PBP active site flexibility as the key mechanism for beta-lactam resistance in pneumococci

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Second-generation sulfonamide inhibitors of D-glutamic acid-adding enzyme: activity optimisation with conformationally rigid analogues of D-glutamic acid

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Structural Basis of Lipid Targeting and Destruction by the Type V Secretion System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Structural and functional characterization of enantiomeric glutamic acid derivatives as potential transition state analogue inhibitors of MurD ligase

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Structural basis of cytotoxicity mediated by the type III secretion toxin ExoU from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Structural basis of host cell recognition by the pilus adhesin from Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Structure of a widely conserved type IV pilus biogenesis factor that affects the stability of secretin multimers

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Structure of the heterotrimeric complex that regulates type III secretion needle formation

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Structure-activity relationships of new cyanothiophene inhibitors of the essential peptidoglycan biosynthesis enzyme MurF

scientific article published in August 2013

Structure-based design of a new series of D-glutamic acid based inhibitors of bacterial UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine:D-glutamate ligase (MurD)

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Structure-guided design of cell wall biosynthesis inhibitors that overcome β-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

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Tandem use of X-ray crystallography and mass spectrometry to obtain ab initio the complete and exact amino acids sequence of HPBP, a human 38-kDa apolipoprotein

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The full-length Streptococcus pneumoniae major pilin RrgB crystallizes in a fibre-like structure, which presents the D1 isopeptide bond and provides details on the mechanism of pilus polymerization

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