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SUBMITTER: Woehl JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7755099 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Woehl Jordan L JL Kitamura Seiya S Dillon Nicholas N Han Zhen Z Edgar Landon J LJ Nizet Victor V Wolan Dennis W DW
ACS chemical biology 20200728 8
Members of the CA class of cysteine proteases have multifaceted roles in physiology and virulence for many bacteria. Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B (SpeB) is secreted by <i>Streptococcus pyogenes</i> and implicated in the pathogenesis of the bacterium through degradation of key human immune effector proteins. Here, we developed and characterized a clickable inhibitor, <b>2</b><i><b>S</b></i><b>-alkyne</b>, based on X-ray crystallographic analysis and structure-activity relationships. Our Spe ...[more]