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Title: | A high-throughput screen of the GTPase activity of Escherichia coli EngA to find an inhibitor of bacterial ribosome biogenesis |
Authors: | Bharat, Amrita Blanchard, Jan E. Brown, Eric |
Keywords: | EngA;GTPase;ribosome biogenesis;enzyme screen;Medical Biochemistry;Medical Sciences;Medical Biochemistry |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Abstract: | <p>The synthesis of ribosomes is an essential process, which is aided by a variety of transacting factors in bacteria. Among these is a group of GTPases essential for bacterial viability and emerging as promising targets for new antibacterial agents. Herein, we describe a robust high-throughput screening process for inhibitors of one such GTPase, the Escherichia coli EngA protein. The primary screen employed an assay of phosphate production in 384-well density.<br />Reaction conditions were chosen to maximize sensitivity for the discovery of competitive inhibitors while maintaining a strong signal amplitude and low noise. In a pilot screen of 31,800 chemical compounds, 44 active compounds were identified. Further, we describe the elimination of non-specific inhibitors that were detergent-sensitive or reactive as well as those that interfered with the high-throughput phosphate assay. Four inhibitors survived these common counterscreens for non-specificity but these chemicals were also inhibitors of the unrelated enzyme dihydrofolate reductase, suggesting that they too were promiscuously active. The highthroughput screen of the EngA protein described here provides a meticulous pilot study in the search for specific inhibitors of GTPases involved in ribosome biogenesis.</p> |
Description: | <p>Published in the Journal of Biomolecular Screening, doi: 10.1177/1087057113486001</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/14369 |
Identifier: | bio_chemistry_coll/1 1000 4338415 |
Appears in Collections: | Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences Publications |
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