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  • Welcome
  • Lab News
  • Team
    • Gerry Wright
    • The Lab
  • Research
    • An Overview
    • Antimicrobial Discovery
    • Antibiotic Resistance
  • Publications
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    • Wright Actinomycete Collection
    • Wright Clinical Collection
    • Antibiotic Resistance Platform
    • The Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database
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Coniontins, lipopetaibiotics active against Candida auris identified from a microbial natural product fractionation library →

Authors: Chen, X., Koteva, K., Chou, S., Guitor, A., Pallant, D., Lee, Y., Sychantha, D., French, S., Hackenberger, D., Robbins, N., Cook, M.A., Brown, E.D., MacNeil, L.T., Cowen, L.E., & Wright, G.D.
Reference: Nature Communications
DOI:  10.1038/s41467-025-62630-z
PMID: 40781075

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tags: 2025, Feature
Monday 09.08.25
Posted by Wright Lab
 

The Janus Effect: The Biochemical Logic of Antibiotic Resistance →

Authors: Wright, G.D.
Reference: Published as part of Biochemistry special issue “A Tribute to Christopher T. Walsh”
DOI:  10.1021/acs.biochem.4c00585
PMID: 39772429
PMID:40140562

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tags: 2025, Feature
Thursday 05.08.25
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A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome →

Authors: Jangra, M., Travin, D.Y., Aleksandrova, E.V., Kaur, M., Darwish, L., Koteva, K., Klepacki, D., Wang, W., Tiffany, M., Sokaribo, A., Coombes, B.K., Vázquez-Laslop, N., Polikanov, Y.S., Mankin A.S., & Wright, G.D.
Reference: Nature
DOI:  10.1038/s41586-025-08723-7
PMID: 40140562

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tags: 2025, manoj, Feature
Friday 04.25.25
Posted by Wright Lab
 

Synthetic Biology Facilitates Semisynthetic Development of Type V Glycopeptide Antibiotics Targeting Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus →

Authors: Kalinka Koteva, Min Xu, Wenliang Wang, Aline A. Fiebig-Comyn, Michael A. Cook,  Brian K. Coombes, and Gerard D. Wright
Reference:  The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
DOI:  10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00633
PMID: 37315221

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tags: 2023, Feature
Monday 06.10.24
Posted by Wright Lab
 

HelR is a helicase-like protein that protects RNA polymerase from rifamycin antibiotics →

Authors: Surette MD, Waglechner N, Koteva K, Wright GD.
Reference: Mol Cell.
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.06.019.
PMID: 35907401

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tags: 2022, Nicholas Waglechner, Matthew Surette, Kalinka Koteva, Resistance Mechanisms, Feature
Saturday 07.30.22
Posted by Gerry Wright
 

ClpP inhibitors are produced by a widespread family of bacterial gene clusters →

Authors: Culp EJ, Sychantha D, Hobson C, Pawlowski AC, Prehna G, Wright GD.
Reference: Nat Microbiol.
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-022-01073-4.
PMID: 35246663.

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tags: 2022, Feature, Beth Culp, Dave Sychantha, Christian Hobson, Andrew Pawlowski
Friday 03.04.22
Posted by Gerry Wright
 

A Screen of Natural Product Extracts Identifies Moenomycin as a Potent Antigonococcal Agent →

Authors: Yarlagadda V, Rao VN, Kaur M, Guitor AK, Wright GD.
Reference: ACS Infect Dis.
DOI: doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00040.
PMID: 33826296.

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tags: 2021, Allison Guitor, Manpreet Kaur, Venky Yarlagadda, Feature, WAC, Novel Therapeutics
Wednesday 04.07.21
Posted by Gerry Wright
 

ApmA Is a Unique Aminoglycoside Antibiotic Acetyltransferase That Inactivates Apramycin →

Authors: Bordeleau E, Stogios PJ, Evdokimova E, Koteva K, Savchenko A, Wright GD.
Reference: mBio
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02705-20
PMID: 33563840

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tags: 2021, Emily Bordeleau, Kalinka Koteva, Feature, Resistance Mechanisms
Tuesday 02.09.21
Posted by Gerry Wright
 

GPAHex-A synthetic biology platform for Type IV-V glycopeptide antibiotic production and discovery →

Authors: Xu M, Wang W, Waglechner N, Culp EJ, Guitor AK, Wright GD.
Reference: Nat Commun.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19138-5
PMID: 33067466

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tags: 2020, Min Xu, Wenliang Wang, Nicholas Waglechner, Beth Culp, Allison Guitor, Feature, Synthetic Biology
Friday 10.16.20
Posted by Gerry Wright
 

Evolution-guided discovery of antibiotics that inhibit peptidoglycan remodelling →

Authors: Culp EJ, Waglecher N, Wang W, Fiebig-Comyn AA, Hsu Y, Koteva K, Sychantha D, Coombes BK, Van Nieuwenhze MS, Brun YV and Wright GD
Reference: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-1990-9
PMID: 32051588

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tags: 2020, Beth Culp, Nicholas Waglechner, Wenliang Wang, Kalinka Koteva, Dave Sychantha, Feature, WAC, Novel Therapeutics
Wednesday 02.12.20
Posted by Gerry Wright
 

Suppression of β-Lactam Resistance by Aspergillomarasmine A Is Influenced by both the Metallo-β-Lactamase Target and the Antibiotic Partner →

Authors: Rotondo CM, Sychantha D, Koteva K and Wright GD
Reference: Antimicrob Agents Chemother.
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01386-19
PMID: 31932375

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tags: 2020, Caitlyn Rotondo, Dave Sychantha, Kalinka Koteva, Feature, WAC, Antibiotic Adjuvants
Tuesday 01.14.20
Posted by Gerry Wright
 

Plazomicin Retains Antibiotic Activity against Most Aminoglycoside Modifying Enzymes →

Authors: Cox G, Ejim L, Stogios PJ, Koteva K, Bordeleau E, Sieron AO, Savchenko A, Serio AW, Krause KM, Wright GD
Reference: ACS Infectious Diseases 2018
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.8b00001
PMID: 29634241

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tags: 2018, Emily Bordeleau, Linda Ejim, Kalinka Koteva, Feature, Novel Therapeutics
Monday 06.04.18
Posted by Gerry Wright
 

Rox, a Rifamycin Resistance Enzyme with an Unprecedented Mechanism of Action. →

Authors: Koteva K, Cox G, Kelso JK, Surette MD, Zubyk HL, Ejim L, Stogios P, Savchenko A, Sørensen, Wright GD
Reference: Cell Chemical Biology 2018 Jan 26. pii: S2451-9456(18)30031-X
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2018.01.009.
PMID: 29398560

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tags: 2018, Matthew Surette, Kalinka Koteva, Haley Zubyk, Feature, Resistance Mechanisms
Thursday 02.01.18
Posted by Gerry Wright
 

The evolution of substrate discrimination in macrolide antibiotic resistance enzymes. →

Authors: Pawlowski AC, Stogios PJ, Koteva K, Skarina T, Evdokimova E, Savchenko A, Wright GD
Reference: Nature Communications 2018 ;9(1):112
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02680-0.
PMID: 29317655

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tags: Andrew Pawlowski, Kalinka Koteva, 2018, Feature, Evolution of Resistance
Tuesday 01.09.18
Posted by Wright Lab
 

Rifampin phosphotransferase is an unusual antibiotic resistance kinase →

Authors: Peter J Stogios, Georgina Cox, Peter Spanogiannopoulos, Monica C Pillon, Nicholas Waglechner, Tatiana Skarina, Kalinka Koteva, Alba Guarné, Alexei Savchenko, Gerard D Wright
Reference: Nat Commun. 2016 Apr 22;7:11343. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11343.
PMID: 27103605

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tags: 2016, Feature, Georgina Cox, Kalinka Koteva, Resistance Mechanisms, Nicholas Waglechner
Friday 04.22.16
Posted by Wright Lab
 

Aspergillomarasmine A overcomes metallo-β-lactamase antibiotic resistance. →

Authors: Andrew M King, Sarah A Reid-Yu, Wenliang Wang, Dustin T King, Gianfranco De Pascale, Natalie C Strynadka, Timothy R Walsh, Brian K Coombes, Gerard D Wright
Reference: Nature. 2014 Jun 26;510(7506):503-6. doi: 10.1038/nature13445.
PMID: 24965651

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tags: 2014, Feature, Antibiotic Adjuvants, WAC, ARP
Thursday 06.26.14
Posted by Wright Lab
 

Identifying producers of antibacterial compounds by screening for antibiotic resistance →

Authors: Maulik N Thaker, Wenliang Wang, Peter Spanogiannopoulos, Nicholas Waglechner, Andrew M King, Ricardo Medina, Gerard D Wright
Reference: Nat Biotechnol. 2013 Oct;31(10):922-7. doi: 10.1038/nbt.2685.
PMID: 24056948 

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tags: 2013, Feature, Synthetic Biology, Nicholas Waglechner, Ricardo Medina, Wenliang Wang
Tuesday 10.01.13
Posted by Wright Lab
 

Antibiotic resistance is ancient →

Authors: Vanessa M D’Costa, Christine E King, Lindsay Kalan, Mariya Morar, Wilson WL Sung, Carsten Schwarz, Duane Froese, Grant Zazula, Fabrice Calmels, Regis Debruyne, G Brian Golding, Hendrik N Poinar, Gerard D Wright
Reference: Nature. 2011 Aug 31;477(7365):457-61. doi: 10.1038/nature10388.
PMID: 21881561 

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tags: 2011, Feature, Evolution of Resistance
Thursday 09.22.11
Posted by Wright Lab
 

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