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Fragment-Based Design of Mycobacterium tuberculosis InhA Inhibitors.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Sabbah, Mohamad 
Vistal, Robert G 
Dias, David MG 
Záhorszká, Monika 

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of mortality among infectious diseases worldwide. InhA has been the focus of numerous drug discovery efforts as this is the target of the first line pro-drug isoniazid. However, with resistance to this drug becoming more common, the aim has been to find new clinical candidates that directly inhibit this enzyme and that do not require activation by the catalase peroxidase KatG, thus circumventing the majority of the resistance mechanisms. In this work, the screening and validation of a fragment library are described, and the development of the fragment hits using a fragment growing strategy was employed, which led to the development of InhA inhibitors with affinities of up to 250 nM.

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Keywords

Antitubercular Agents, Bacterial Proteins, Binding Sites, Drug Design, Enzyme Assays, Enzyme Inhibitors, Molecular Docking Simulation, Molecular Structure, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Oxidoreductases, Protein Binding, Small Molecule Libraries, Structure-Activity Relationship, Sulfonamides

Journal Title

J Med Chem

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Journal ISSN

0022-2623
1520-4804

Volume Title

63

Publisher

American Chemical Society (ACS)

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European Commission (260872)