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Discovery Of Natural Product-Based Antimycobacterial Agents Effective Against Non-Replicating Bacilli, Shajila Siricilla
Discovery Of Natural Product-Based Antimycobacterial Agents Effective Against Non-Replicating Bacilli, Shajila Siricilla
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New antimycobacterial molecules that kill non-replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) were identified by screening libraries of synthetic natural products. De novo screening of a 400-membered library of aurachin RE analogs resulted in discovery of UT-317 ((R)-20). UT-317 is a selective vitamin K2 biosynthesis (MenA) inhibitor that killed replicating and non-replicating Mtb at 2.31 μg/mL (MIC) and 0.85 μg/mL, respectively. A 50-membered library of capuramycin analogs was evaluated in their enzymatic inhibitory activities against translocase I (MraY/MurX) and prenyl-phosphate-GlcNAc-1-phosphate transferase (WecA). UT-01320 (45) is identified as a selective WecA inhibitor that kills both replicating and non-replicating Mtb at 1.50 μg/mL (MIC) and …