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ReviewJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Innovations in Antifungal Drug Discovery among Cell Envelope Synthesis Enzymes through Structural Insights.

Yue Zhou, Todd B Reynolds

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Review in Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Fungal Chitin Synthases: Structure, Function, and Regulation.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yue ZhouDepartment of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8760-877X
Todd B ReynoldsDepartment of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.

Funding

Regulation of ß(1,3)-glucan exposure in Candida albicansR01AI153599 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE · PI REYNOLDS, TODD B · 2020 to 2024
$2.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI153599NIH HHS R01AI153599
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Life-threatening systemic fungal infections occur in immunocompromised patients at an alarming rate. Current antifungal therapies face challenges like drug resistance and patient toxicity, emphasizing the need for new treatments. Membrane-bound enzymes account for a large proportion of current and potential antifungal targets, especially ones that contribute to cell wall and cell membrane biosynthesis. Moreover, structural biology has led to a better understanding of the mechanisms by which these enzymes synthesize their products, as well as the mechanism of action for some antifungals. This review summarizes the structures of several current and potential membrane-bound antifungal targets involved in cell wall and cell membrane biosynthesis and their interactions with known inhibitors or drugs. The proposed mechanisms of action for some molecules, gleaned from detailed inhibitor-protein studeis, are also described, which aids in further rational drug design. Furthermore, some potential membrane-bound antifungal targets with known inhibitors that lack solved structures are discussed, as these might be good enzymes for future structure interrogation.

Indexed as

antifungal developmentcryo-EMdrug resistancemembrane-bound enzymesrational drug designstructure biology

Identifiers

PMID38535180
PMCPMC10970773

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