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ArticleFrontiers in bioinformatics2025

Subtractive genomic approach to uncover novel drug targets in

Mohammed Naveez Valathoor, Subhashree Venugopal, Anand Prem Rajan

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Article in Frontiers in bioinformatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Mohammed Naveez ValathoorDepartment of Bio Medical Sciences, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Subhashree VenugopalDepartment of Integrative Biology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Anand Prem RajanDepartment of Bio Medical Sciences, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The rise of multidrug-resistant Methods: A subtractive genomics approach was used to identify essential, pathogen-specific proteins. A lead target was prioritized based on its druggability, localization, and network interactions. The target's 3D structure was then modeled for molecular docking, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, and binding free energy calculations with a polyphenol library. Results: The screening identified UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase (MurG) as a promising and previously unexplored drug target. The polyphenol 6-prenylnaringenin showed a superior binding affinity for MurG compared to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin. Subsequent MD simulations and binding free energy calculations confirmed that the MurG-6-prenylnaringenin complex was significantly more stable. Conclusion: This study validates MurG as a druggable target in

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food-based polyphenolsmolecular dockingmolecular dynamic simulationSalmonella typhimuriumsubtractive genome

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