Cell wall peptidoglycan in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An Achilles' heel for the TB-causing pathogen

A Maitra, T Munshi, J Healy, LT Martin… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
remains one of the leading causes of mortality across the world. There is an urgent …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotics and resistance: the two-sided coin of the mycobacterial cell wall

SM Batt, CE Burke, AR Moorey, GS Besra - The Cell Surface, 2020 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, is the global
leading cause of mortality from an infectious agent. Part of this success relies on the unique …

Reaching toward underexplored targets in antibacterial drug design

M Jukič, S Gobec, M Sova - Drug development research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The increase of antimicrobial resistance necessitates the renewal and strong research
involvement in antibacterial drug design. In the following work, we comment on the key …

Anti-tuberculosis Mur inhibitors: structural insights and the way ahead for development of novel agents

K Mehta, M Khambete, A Abhyankar, A Omri - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mur enzymes serve as critical molecular devices for the synthesis of UDP-MurNAc-
pentapeptide, the main building block of bacterial peptidoglycan polymer. These enzymes …

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 …

The mur enzymes chink in the armour of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall

Y Shinde, I Ahmad, S Surana, H Patel - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) transmitted by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is one of the top 10
causes of death globally. Currently, the widespread occurrence of resistance toward Mtb …

The VAO/PCMH flavoprotein family

TA Ewing, MW Fraaije, A Mattevi… - Archives of Biochemistry …, 2017 - Elsevier
The VAO/PCMH flavoprotein family consists of structurally homologous flavin-dependent
enzymes that catalyze a wide range of chemical reactions. Family members share an …

Repurposing of FDA-approved drugs to target MurB and MurE enzymes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

J Rani, Y Silla, K Borah, S Ramachandran… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is one amongst the top 10
causes of death worldwide. The growing rise in antibiotic resistance compounded with slow …

Structure-based inhibitor screening of natural products against NSP15 of SARS-CoV-2 revealed thymopentin and oleuropein as potent inhibitors

R Vijayan, S Gourinath - Journal of proteins and proteomics, 2021 - Springer
Coronaviruses are enveloped, non-segmented positive-sense RNA viruses with the largest
genome among RNA viruses. Their genome contains a large replicase ORF which encodes …

[HTML][HTML] Screening and molecular dynamics simulation of compounds inhibiting MurB enzyme of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An in-silico approach

A Verma, V Kumar, B Naik, JM Khan, P Singh… - Saudi journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is becoming more and more resistant to drugs and it is a
common problem, making current antimicrobials ineffective and highlighting the need for …