Publications

(undergraduate authors, co-first authors# )

92Using membrane perturbing small molecules to target chronic persistent infections

Schrank, C.L.; Wilt, I.K.; Monteagudo, C.O.; Haney, B.A.; Wuest, W.M.*   RSC Medicinal Chemistry 2021 12, 1312 DOI: 10.1039/D1MD00151E (Invited Review)

91Promiscuous Pseudomonas: Uptake of non-endogenous ligands for iron acquisition

Kaplan, A.R.; Wuest, W.M.*

 

Tetrahedron Letters 2021 75, 153204 DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2021.153204 (Tetrahedron Special Issue honoring Dale Boger)

90Mining for mouth metabolites

Scharnow, A.M.; Wuest, W.M.*

 

Nature Chemical Biology 2021 17, 505 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-021-00784-9 (Invited Highlight)

89An Efficient Synthesis of 3-Alkylpyridine Alkaloids Enables Their Biological Evaluation

Kaplan, A. R.#; Schrank, C.L.#; Wuest, W.M.*

 

ChemMedChem 2021 16, 2487 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100134 (highlighted as a Very Important Paper; selected for cover art)

88The Silent Pandemic: Emergent Antibiotic Resistances Following the Global Response to SARS-CoV-2

Mahoney, A.R.; Safaee, M.M.; Wuest, W.M.; Furst, A.L.*

 

iScience 2021 24, 102304 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102304

87Pyochelin Biosynthetic Metabolites Bind Iron and Promote Growth in Pseudomonas Demonstrating Siderophore-like Activity

Kaplan, A.R.; Musaev, D.G.; Wuest, W.M.*

 

ACS Infectious Diseases 2021 7, 544 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00897

86Trivalent Sulfonium Compounds (TSCs): Tetrahydrothiophene-based amphiphiles exhibit similar antimicrobial activity to analogous ammonium-based amphiphiles

Feliciano, J.A.; Leitgeb, A.J.; Schrank, C.L.; Allen, R.A.; Wuest, W.M.*; Minbiole, K.P.C.*; Carden, R.G.*

 

Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2021 37, 127809 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.127809

85Broad Spectrum Antibiotic Xanthocillin X Effectively Kills Acinetobacter baumannii via Dysregulation of Heme Biosynthesis

Hubner, I.; Shapiro, J.A.; Hobmann, J.; Drechsel, J.; Hacker, S.M.; Rather, P.N.; Piepar, D.H.; Wuest, W.M.; Sieber, S.A.

 

ACS Central Science 2021 7, 488 DOI: 10.1021/acscentralsci.0c01621

84Building trans-bicyclo[4.4.0]decanes/decenes in complex multifunctional frameworks: the case for antibiotic development

Zhang, W.#; Kaplan, A.R.#; Davison, E.K.; Freeman, J.L.; Brimble, M.A.; Wuest, W.M.*

 

Natural Product Reports 2021 38, 880 DOI: 10.1039/DONP00052C

83Synthesis and biological evaluation of an antibacterial azaborine retinoid isostere

Haney, B.A.#; Schrank, C.L.#; Wuest, W.M.*

 

Tetrahedron Letters 2021 62, 152667  DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.152667 (Tetrahedron Special Issue honoring Dale Boger)

82Metallocene QACs: The Incorporation of Ferrocene Moieties into monoQAC and bisQAC Structures

Sommers, K.J.; Bentley, B.S.; Carden, R.G.; Post, S.J.; Allen, R.A.; Kontos, R.C.; Black, J.W.; Wuest, W.M.*; Minbiole, K.P.C.*

 

ChemMedChem 2021 16, 467 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.20200605

81Tricepyridinium-inspired QACs yield potent antimicrobials and provide insight into QAC resistance

Garrison, M.A.#; Mahoney, A.R.#; Wuest, W.M.*

 

ChemMedChem 2021 16, 463 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000604

80Advancements in the Development of Non-Nitrogen-Based Amphiphilic Antiseptics to Overcome Pathogenic Bacterial Resistance

Carden, R.G.*; Sommer, K.J.; Schrank, C. L.; Leitgeb, A.J.; Feliciano, J.A.; Wuest, W.M.*; Minbiole, K.P.C.*

 

ChemMedChem 2021 15, 1974 DOI:10.1002/cmdc.202000612

79Collaboration in natural product total synthesis: Carolacton – a decade of discovery

Solinski, A.E.; Wuest, W.M.*

 

Synlett 2021 32, 241 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1707244 

78A look around the West Indies: The spices of life are secondary metabolites

Demeritte, A.; Wuest, W.M.

 

Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2020 28, 115792 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115792 (Tetrahedron Young Investigator special issue honoring Emily Balskus)

77Asymmetric Total Synthesis of The Naturally Occurring Antibiotic Anthracimycin

Davison, E.; Freeman, J.; Zhang, W.; Wuest, W.M.; Furkert, D.; Brimble, M.*

 

Organic Letters 2020 22, 5550 DOI: 10.1021/acs/orglett/0c01913

76Are Quaternary Ammonium Compounds, the Workhorse Disinfectants, Effective against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2?

Schrank, C.L.; Minbiole, K.P.C.*; Wuest, W.M.*

 

ACS Infectious Diseases 2020 6, 1553 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00265

75Total synthesis of (+)-pilosinine via a stereodivergent conjugate addition strategy

Schrank, C.L.; Danneman, M.; Prebihalo, E.A.; Wuest, W.M.; Mullins, R.J.*

 

Tetrahedron Letters 2020 61 151945 DOI: 10..1016/j.tetlet.2020.151945

74The histone-like protein AlgP regulon is distinct in mucoid and nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa and does not include alginate biosynthesis genes

Cross, A.R.; Csatary, E.E.; Raghuram, V.; Diggle, F.L.; Whiteley, M.; Wuest, W.M.; Goldberg, J.B.*

 

Microbiology 2020 DOI: 10.1099/mic/0/000923

73Broadening Activity of Polymyxin by Quaternary Ammonium Grafting

Ongwae, G.; Morrison, K.R.; Allen, R.A.; Kim, S.; Im, W.; Wuest, W.M.; Pires, M.M.*

 

ACS Infectious Diseases 2020 6, 1427 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00037 (Antibiotics Special Issue)