Structural insights into the substrate binding mechanism of the class I dehydratase MadB

Abstract In the battle against antimicrobial resistance, lantibiotics have emerged as promising new sources for antimicrobial drugs. Their exceptional stability is due to characteristic modifications termed (methyl-)lanthionine rings. Genome mining efforts have identified hundreds of lantibiotics by...

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Main Authors: C. Vivien Knospe, Julio Ortiz, Jens Reiners, Alexej Kedrov, Christoph G. W. Gertzen, Sander H. J. Smits, Lutz Schmitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08454-5
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