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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2020

Fragment-Based Design of

Mohamad Sabbah, Vitor Mendes, Robert G Vistal, David M G Dias, Monika Záhorszká, Katarína Mikušová, Jana Korduláková, Anthony G Coyne, Tom L Blundell, Chris Abell

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohamad SabbahDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
Vitor MendesDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2734-2444
Robert G VistalDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
David M G DiasDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
Monika ZáhorszkáDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Katarína MikušováDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Jana KordulákováDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Anthony G CoyneDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-0205-5630
Tom L BlundellDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom.
Chris AbellDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-9174-1987
University of Cambridge · GBComenius University Bratislava · SK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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.

Indexed as

Antitubercular AgentsBacterial ProteinsBinding SitesDrug DesignEnzyme AssaysEnzyme InhibitorsMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular StructureMycobacterium tuberculosisOxidoreductasesProtein BindingSmall Molecule LibrariesStructure-Activity RelationshipSulfonamidesAntitubercular AgentsBacterial ProteinsEnzyme InhibitorsInhA protein, MycobacteriumOxidoreductasesSmall Molecule LibrariesSulfonamides

Identifiers

PMID32240584
PMCPMC7232676
OpenAlexW3015149935

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