SCREENING FOR POTENTIAL ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS AND THE APPLICATION OF ISOTOPIC LABELS FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THEIR EFFECTS ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE BACTERIAL 16S RIBOSOMAL RNA

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dc.contributor.advisorDayie, Kwaku Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorTaiwo, Kehinde MARYen_US
dc.contributor.departmentBiochemistryen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-22T05:33:34Z
dc.date.available2022-06-22T05:33:34Z
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.description.abstractAntibiotic resistance is a major health challenge globally. Therefore, there is the need for new antibiotics. Here, we screen compounds with new scaffolds using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and identified compounds that bind weakly to a 27-nucleotide (nt) construct of the bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA). We show that, at high concentration, these compounds interfere with bacterial growth. We also observed that the use of efflux pump inhibitors in combination with the fragments enhanced their antibacterial properties and may help combat multidrug resistance. In addition, using a chemoenzymatic isotopic labeling strategy, we observed by NMR a slight modification of the motions within the bacterial rRNA in complex with one of the compounds. We further made use of various isotope labels for the partial resonance assignment of the human cytoplasmic 18S rRNA and probed its dynamics. Lastly, we demonstrated the use of 19F NMR for characterizing the structure of the trans-activation responsive RNA element of the HIV-2 promoter and human hepatitis B virus encapsidation signal epsilon element.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/pwzp-02lu
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/28971
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledBiochemistryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAntibioticsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNuclear magnetic spectroscopyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRibonucleic aciden_US
dc.titleSCREENING FOR POTENTIAL ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS AND THE APPLICATION OF ISOTOPIC LABELS FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THEIR EFFECTS ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE BACTERIAL 16S RIBOSOMAL RNAen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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