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Small Molecule Bacterial Lectin Antagonists for UTI Treatment and Prevention

January 30th, 2017 – Jim Janetka, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Chemistry Adjunct, along with Scott Hultgren, PhD, Helen L. Stoever Professor of Molecular Microbiology received and a four year grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for his research entitled “Small Molecule Bacterial Lectin Antagonists for UTI Treatment and Prevention”.

Nitrogen-14 solid-state NMR spectroscopy of aligned phospholipid bilayers to probe peptide-lipid interaction and oligomerization of membrane associated peptides.

Ramamoorthy A., Lee D.K., Santos J.S., & Henzler-Wildman K.A. (2008). “Nitrogen-14 solid-state NMR spectroscopy of aligned phospholipid bilayers to probe peptide-lipid interaction and oligomerization of membrane associated peptides.” J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Aug 20;130(33):11023-9. doi: 10.1021/ja802210u. Epub 2008 Jul 23. (Abstract)

NMR structure of the cathelicidin-derived human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 in dodecylphosphocholine micelles.

Porcelli F., Verardi R., Shi L., Henzler-Wildman K.A., Ramamoorthy A., & Veglia G. (2008). “NMR structure of the cathelicidin-derived human antimicrobial peptide LL-37 in dodecylphosphocholine micelles.” Biochemistry. 2008 May 20;47(20):5565-72. doi: 10.1021/bi702036s. Epub 2008 Apr 26. (Abstract)