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Structure activity relationship of pyrazinoic acid analogs as potential antimycobacterial agents.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry - 15 Nov 2022
Hegde Pooja V, Aragaw Wassihun W, Cole Malcolm S, Jachak Gorakhnath, Ragunathan Priya, Sharma Sachin, Harikishore Amaravadhi, Grüber Gerhard, Dick Thomas, Aldrich Courtney C
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of infectious disease-related mortality and morbidity. Pyrazinamide (PZA) is a critical component of the first-line TB treatment regimen because of its sterilizing activity against non-replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), but its mechanism of action has remained enigmatic. PZA is a prodrug converted by pyrazinamidase encoded by pncA within Mtb to the active...
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