Metabolic reprogramming and flux to cell envelope precursors in a pentose phosphate pathway mutant increases MRSA resistance to β-lactam antibiotics
M. S. Zeden, L. A. Gallagher, E. Bueno, A. Nolan, J. Ahm, D. Shinde, F. Razvi, M. Sladek, O. Burke, E. O'Neill, P. D. Fey, F. Cava, V. C. Thomas, J. P. O'Gara
This study shows that mutating the pentose phosphate pathway gene pgl in MRSA increases resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics through metabolic reprogramming and changes in cell envelope precursors.
bioRxiv · Mar 3, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology