Emerging targets in photopharmacology

MM Lerch, MJ Hansen, GM van Dam… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The field of photopharmacology uses molecular photoswitches to establish control over the
action of bioactive molecules. It aims to reduce systemic drug toxicity and the emergence of …

Ribonucleotide reductases

P Nordlund, P Reichard - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) transform RNA building blocks to DNA building blocks
by catalyzing the substitution of the 2′ OH-group of a ribonucleotide with a hydrogen by a …

[HTML][HTML] The transcriptional responses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to inhibitors of metabolism: novel insights into drug mechanisms of action

HIM Boshoff, TG Myers, BR Copp, MR McNeil… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
The differential transcriptional response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to drugs and growth-
inhibitory conditions was monitored to generate a data set of 430 microarray profiles …

Tuberculosis—metabolism and respiration in the absence of growth

HIM Boshoff, CE Barry 3rd - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2005 - nature.com
Human tuberculosis is a complex disease caused by bacterial populations that are located
in discrete lesions (microenvironments) in a single host. Some of these microenvironments …

The resuscitation‐promoting factors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are required for virulence and resuscitation from dormancy but are collectively dispensable for …

BD Kana, BG Gordhan, KJ Downing… - Molecular …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Mycobacterium tuberculosis contains five resuscitation‐promoting factor (Rpf)‐like proteins,
RpfA‐E, that are implicated in resuscitation of this organism from dormancy via a mechanism …

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 …

Functional Characterization of a Vitamin B12-Dependent Methylmalonyl Pathway in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Implications for Propionate Metabolism during …

S Savvi, DF Warner, BD Kana, JD McKinney… - Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is predicted to subsist on alternative carbon sources during
persistence within the human host. Catabolism of odd-and branched-chain fatty acids …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Basis of Virulence Attenuation Revealed by Comparative Genomic Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain H37Ra versus H37Rv

H Zheng, L Lu, B Wang, S Pu, X Zhang, G Zhu, W Shi… - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains a leading infectious disease
despite the availability of chemotherapy and BCG vaccine. The commonly used avirulent M …

Differential expression of iron-, carbon-, and oxygen-responsive mycobacterial genes in the lungs of chronically infected mice and tuberculosis patients

J Timm, FA Post, LG Bekker… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
Pathogenetic processes that facilitate the entry, replication, and persistence of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in the mammalian host likely include the regulated …

[HTML][HTML] Biosynthesis and recycling of nicotinamide cofactors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an essential role for NAD in nonreplicating bacilli

HIM Boshoff, X Xu, K Tahlan, CS Dowd, K Pethe… - Journal of Biological …, 2008 - ASBMB
Despite the presence of genes that apparently encode NAD salvage-specific enzymes in its
genome, it has been previously thought that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can only …