Beta-Lactone (IMAGE)

Brown University

Beta-Lactone

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β-lactone 7, a small molecule that inhibits the ClpP enzyme in bacteria, may be important in development of new anti-bacterial drugs. The bacterium that causes tuberculosis cannot survive when ClpP is inhibited.

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Sello Lab / Brown University

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