The search for new antibiotics: Tiny proteins prevent
bacterial gene transcription
In the search for new antibiotics, researchers are taking an
unusual approach: They are developing peptides, short chains of protein
building blocks that effectively inhibit a key enzyme of bacterial metabolism.
Now, scientists at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland
(HIPS) in Saarbrücken, a branch of the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research
(HZI), have published their findings and the implications for potential medical
application in the scientific journal ACS Chemical Biology.