Design and synthesis of novel antimicrobial agents

Z Breijyeh, R Karaman - Antibiotics, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The necessity for the discovery of innovative antimicrobials to treat life-threatening diseases
has increased as multidrug-resistant bacteria has spread. Due to antibiotics' availability over …

Drug discovery in tuberculosis. New drug targets and antimycobacterial agents

A Campaniço, R Moreira, F Lopes - European journal of medicinal …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major health problem worldwide. The infectious agent,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has a unique ability to survive within the host, alternating …

Recent advancements in the development of anti-tuberculosis drugs

S Chetty, M Ramesh, A Singh-Pillay… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Modern chemotherapy has significantly improved patient outcomes against drug-sensitive
tuberculosis. However, the rapid emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis, together with the …

A small-molecule allosteric inhibitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis tryptophan synthase

S Wellington, PP Nag, K Michalska… - Nature chemical …, 2017‏ - nature.com
New antibiotics with novel targets are greatly needed. Bacteria have numerous essential
functions, but only a small fraction of such processes—primarily those involved in …

The present state of the tuberculosis drug development pipeline

MDJ Libardo, HIM Boshoff, CE Barry III - Current opinion in pharmacology, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Tuberculosis now ranks as the leading cause of death in the world due to a single infectious
agent. Current standard of care treatment can achieve very high cure rates for drug-sensitive …

Exploring the allosteric territory of protein function

WV Tee, ZW Tan, K Lee, E Guarnera… - The journal of physical …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
While the pervasiveness of allostery in proteins is commonly accepted, we further show the
generic nature of allosteric mechanisms by analyzing here transmembrane ion-channel …

Cellulase production and efficient saccharification of biomass by a new mutant Trichoderma afroharzianum MEA-12

ZQ Peng, C Li, Y Lin, SS Wu, LH Gan, J Liu… - Biotechnology for …, 2021‏ - Springer
Background Cellulase plays a key role in converting cellulosic biomass into fermentable
sugar to produce chemicals and fuels, which is generally produced by filamentous fungi …

Fumarase deficiency causes protein and metabolite succination and intoxicates Mycobacterium tuberculosis

N Ruecker, R Jansen, C Trujillo, S Puckett… - Cell chemical …, 2017‏ - cell.com
Enzymes of central carbon metabolism are essential mediators of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb) physiology and pathogenicity, but are often perceived to lack sufficient …

Protein targets in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their inhibitors for therapeutic implications: A narrative review

S Sreelatha, U Nagarajan, S Natarajan - International Journal of Biological …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Advancement in the area of anti-tubercular drug development has been full-fledged, yet, a
very less number of drug molecules have reached phase II clinical trials, and therefore “End …

Opportunities for overcoming tuberculosis: Emerging targets and their inhibitors

L Yang, X Hu, X Chai, Q Ye, J Pang, D Li, T Hou - Drug Discovery Today, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB), an airborne infectious disease mainly caused by Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a leading cause of human morbidity and mortality worldwide …