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Machine Learning-Based High-Throughput Screening, Molecular Modeling and Quantum Chemical Analysis to Investigate Mycobacterium tuberculosis MetRS Inhibitors.

Rajesh Maharjan, Kalpana Gyawali, Arjun Acharya, Madan Khanal, Kamal Khanal, Mohan Bahadur Kshetri, Madhav Prasad Ghimire, Tika Ram Lamichhane

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Article in ChemistryOpen, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors.

Rajesh MaharjanCentral Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0002-4839-0875
Kalpana GyawaliCentral Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal.ORCID 0009-0003-8048-2141
Arjun AcharyaCentral Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0002-3623-0436
Madan KhanalCentral Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal.ORCID 0009-0002-9680-2982
Kamal KhanalCentral Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal.ORCID 0009-0008-9501-0928
Mohan Bahadur KshetriCentral Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal.ORCID 0009-0004-5200-190X
Madhav Prasad GhimireCentral Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0003-2783-4008
Tika Ram LamichhaneCentral Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0002-3422-0808

Funding

Amrit Science College, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, NepalCollaborative Research CRG-78/79-S&T-03University Grants Commission (UGC), Bhaktapur, Nepal PhD-79/80-S&T-19
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) complicates its effective treatment and often leads to severe side effects. This research aims to pinpoint the potential drug candidates targeting Mtb methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MtbMetRS) using in silico techniques. Employing machine learning algorithms, including Random Forest, Extra Trees, and Nu-Support Vector, a voting classifier was built to screen 10 million molecules. A total of 590 molecules were filtered and analyzed for mutagenicity and other toxicities, resulting in 169 candidates for molecular docking. Among these, 1-[4-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethyl)piperazin-1-yl]-2-phenylsulfanylethanone (L1) and 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-7-(4-pentanoylpiperazin-1-yl)quinoline-3-carboxylic acid (L2) demonstrated strong binding affinities (-12.74 kcal/mol for L1 and -11.83 kcal/mol for L2) and favorable pharmacokinetic properties. MM/PBSA, DFT calculations, and LD

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Antitubercular AgentsEnzyme InhibitorsHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysMachine LearningMycobacterium tuberculosisModels, MolecularMolecular Docking SimulationAntitubercular AgentsEnzyme Inhibitorsbinding free energymachine learningmolecular dockingmolecular dynamics simulationsmycobacterium tuberculosis

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PMID39996268
PMCPMC12256936

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