• Activity-Based Protein Profiling in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Reveals the Broad Reactivity of a Carmofur-Derived Probe 

      Uddin, Md Jalal; Overkleeft, Hermen S.; Lentz, Christian Stephan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-08)
      Activity-based protein profiling is a powerful chemoproteomic technique to detect active enzymes and identify targets and off-targets of drugs. Here, we report the use of carmofur- and activity-based probes to identify biologically relevant enzymes in the bacterial pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. Carmofur is an anti-neoplastic prodrug of 5-fluorouracil and also has antimicrobial and anti-biofilm ...
    • Biochemical and Cellular Characterization of the Function of Fluorophosphonate-Binding Hydrolase H (FphH) in Staphylococcus aureus Support a Role in Bacterial Stress Response 

      Fellner, Matthias; Walsh, Annabel; Ahator, Stephen Dela; Aftab, Nadia; Sutherland, Ben; Tan, Eng W; Bakker, Alexander T; Martin, Nathaniel I; van der Stelt, Mario; Lentz, Christian Stephan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-12)
      The development of new treatment options for bacterial infections requires access to new targets for antibiotics and antivirulence strategies. Chemoproteomic approaches are powerful tools for profiling and identifying novel druggable target candidates, but their functions often remain uncharacterized. Previously, we used activity-based protein profiling in the opportunistic pathogen Staphylococcus ...
    • From Differential Stains to Next Generation Physiology: Chemical Probes to Visualize Bacterial Cell Structure and Physiology 

      Hira, Jonathan; Uddin, Md Jalal; Haugland, Marius Myreng; Lentz, Christian Stephan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-26)
      Chemical probes have been instrumental in microbiology since its birth as a discipline in the 19th century when chemical dyes were used to visualize structural features of bacterial cells for the first time. In this review article we will illustrate the evolving design of chemical probes in modern chemical biology and their diverse applications in bacterial imaging and phenotypic analysis. We will ...