A model to predict anti-tuberculosis activity: Value proposition for marine microorganisms

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Liu, Miaomiao
Grkovic, Tanja
Zhang, Lixin
Liu, Xueting
Quinn, Ronald J
Year published
2016
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The development of new antibiotics effective against all strains of tuberculosis (TB) is needed. To evaluate the potential of marine microbe-derived natural products as anti-TB leads, we analyzed and compared the physico-chemical properties of 39 current TB drugs and candidates against 60 confirmed mycobacteria-active natural products. We showed that anti-TB natural products sourced from marine microbes have a large overlap with TB drug-like space. A model to predict potential anti-TB drugs is proposed.The development of new antibiotics effective against all strains of tuberculosis (TB) is needed. To evaluate the potential of marine microbe-derived natural products as anti-TB leads, we analyzed and compared the physico-chemical properties of 39 current TB drugs and candidates against 60 confirmed mycobacteria-active natural products. We showed that anti-TB natural products sourced from marine microbes have a large overlap with TB drug-like space. A model to predict potential anti-TB drugs is proposed.
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Journal of Antibiotics
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69
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Microbiology
Microbiology not elsewhere classified
Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences