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Sandeepchowdary Bala

University of South AlabamaORCID 0000-0001-6673-0055Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Christopher Davies· 3 shared Caleb M. StrattoniD· 2 shared Marissa M. Bivins· 2 shared Robert A. NicholasiD· 2 shared Allison L. Zulli· 1 shared Ann E. JerseiD· 1 shared Annie StevensoniD· 1 shared Anthony S. Drager· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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BiochemistrybioRxivPreprintAug 10, 2026

Energetic coupling of an active site residue in penicillin-binding protein 2 from Neisseria gonorrhoeae with a resistance-associated conformational switch in the β3-β4 loop

Caleb M. Stratton, Sandeepchowdary Bala, Marissa M. Bivins…·Christopher Davies

This study investigates how Tyr422 in PBP2 couples ligand recognition to conformational changes in the β3-β4 loop, revealing energetic coupling mechanisms underlying ceftriaxone resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.07.743578

non-human primateprotein structure

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MicrobiologyNature MicrobiologyPeer-reviewedApr 8, 2026

A new class of penicillin-binding protein inhibitors to address drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Tsuyoshi Uehara, Allison L. Zulli, Brittany Miller…·Stephen M. Condon

This paper identifies a novel benzoxaborinine-based inhibitor (VNRX-14079) that effectively targets penA-mediated resistance in multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

2 citations

humanexperimental assay

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintNov 13, 2025

Antibiotic-resistance mutations in penicillin-binding protein 2 from the ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain H041 strike a delicate balance between increasing resistance and maintaining transpeptidase activity

Marissa M. Bivins, Joshua Tomberg, Madeleine Bagshaw…·Robert A. Nicholas

This study identifies key mutations in PBP2 from a ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain that balance resistance and transpeptidase activity.

DOI 10.1101/2025.11.13.688206

humanproteomics

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