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The elongated methylene chains of HHIAs seem to play a crucial role in exerting inhibitory activity because itaconic acid, a structural analog without long methylene chains, did not show inhibitory activity against IMP-1. The addition of HHIAs restored meropenem and imipenem efficacy to satisfactory clinical levels against IMP-type MBL-producing\n              <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>\n              and\n              <jats:italic>Klebsiella pneumoniae<\/jats:italic>\n              clinical isolates. Unlike EDTA and Aspergillomarasmine A, HHIAs did not cause the loss of zinc ions from the active site, resulting in the structural instability of MBLs. X-ray crystallography and\n              <jats:italic>in silico<\/jats:italic>\n              docking simulation analyses revealed that two neighboring carboxylates of HHIAs coordinated with two zinc ions in the active sites of VIM-2 and IMP-1, which formed a key interaction observed in MBL inhibitors. Our results indicated that HHIAs are promising for initiating the design of potent inhibitors of IMP-type MBLs.\n            <\/jats:p>\n            <jats:sec>\n              <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n              <jats:p>\n                The number and type of metallo-\u03b2-lactamase (M\u0392L) are increasing over time. Carbapenem resistance conferred by M\u0392L is a significant threat to our antibiotic regimen, and the development of M\u0392L inhibitors is urgently required to restore carbapenem efficacy. Microbial natural products have served as important sources for developing antimicrobial agents targeting pathogenic bacteria since the discovery of antibiotics in the mid-20th century. M\u0392L inhibitors derived from microbial natural products are still rare compared to those derived from chemical compound libraries. Hydroxyhexylitaconic acids (HHIAs) produced by members of the genus\n                <jats:italic>Aspergillus<\/jats:italic>\n                have potent inhibitory activity against clinically relevant IMP-type MBL. 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