Date of Award
Fall 2023
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Chemistry
Abstract
N-Succinyl-L,L-2,6-Diaminopimelic Acid Desuccinylase (DapE) is a bacterial enzyme located in the lysine biosynthetic pathway of all Gram-negative and most Gram-positive species of bacteria including the notorious ESKAPE pathogens, or pathogenic strains of bacteria that have developed significant levels of resistance to currently available antibiotics. As a means to combat this challenge of growing antimicrobial resistance, we have identified the bacterial enzyme DapE as a conserved, novel enzymate target within these resistant bacterial strains,as DapE is responsible for the production of m-DAP and lysine which are ultimately employed in bacterial cell wall synthesis. The overall aim of this research is to design and synthesize small molecule inhibitors of DapE as potential new antibiotics.
Recommended Citation
Dipuma, Thomas, "Design and Synthesis of N-Succinyl-L,L-2.6-Diaminopimelic Acid Desuccinylase Inhibitors as Potential Novel Antibiotics" (2023). Master's Theses. 4437.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/4437
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2022 Thomas Dipuma
