Intein Inhibitors as Novel Antimicrobials: Protein Splicing in Human Pathogens, Screening Methods, and Off-Target Considerations

Protein splicing is a post-translational process by which an intervening polypeptide, or intein, catalyzes its own removal from the flanking polypeptides, or exteins, concomitant with extein ligation. Although inteins are highly abundant in the microbial world, including within several human pathoge...

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Main Authors: Diana A. Wall, Seanan P. Tarrant, Chunyu Wang, Kenneth V. Mills, Christopher W. Lennon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2021.752824/full