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Abstract <p>Transketolase from <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> (mbTK) is involved in the pentose phosphate pathway essential for bacterial survival and thus constitutes an attractive target for the antituberculosis therapy. We found a new class of active site-targeted furan sulfonate inhibitors of mbTK that are capable of binding to both the thiamine diphosphate cofactor subsite and adjacent hydrophobic subsite Ile211-Leu402-Phe464, thereby suppressing enzyme activity. The most potent compound identified by computer screening, STK106769, was found to inhibit mbTK with IC<sub>50</sub> of 7&#xa0;µM and suppress the growth of <i>M.&#xa0;tuberculosis</i> H37Rv strain. The&#xa0;hydrophobic subsite Ile211-Leu402-Phe464 of mbTK is substituted by significantly more polar residues in homologous human TK, which is an important factor determining the selectivity of binding of TK inhibitors.</p>

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Inhibitors of Transketolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Targeted towards both the Diphosphate Binding Site and an Adjacent Hydrophobic Subsite

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    2025年2月1日

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  • Dmitry K. Nilov,
  • Irina V. Gushchina,
  • Tatyana A. Shcherbakova,
  • Simon M. Baldin,
  • Vytas K. Švedas

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Abstract

Transketolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (mbTK) is involved in the pentose phosphate pathway essential for bacterial survival and thus constitutes an attractive target for the antituberculosis therapy. We found a new class of active site-targeted furan sulfonate inhibitors of mbTK that are capable of binding to both the thiamine diphosphate cofactor subsite and adjacent hydrophobic subsite Ile211-Leu402-Phe464, thereby suppressing enzyme activity. The most potent compound identified by computer screening, STK106769, was found to inhibit mbTK with IC50 of 7 µM and suppress the growth of M. tuberculosis H37Rv strain. The hydrophobic subsite Ile211-Leu402-Phe464 of mbTK is substituted by significantly more polar residues in homologous human TK, which is an important factor determining the selectivity of binding of TK inhibitors.