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Shrinivas D Joshi, Sheshagiri R Dixit, Uttam A More
1Novel Drug Design and Discovery Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, S.E.T's College of Pharmacy, Sangolli Rayanna Nagar, Dharwad 580 002, India. shrinivasdj@rediffmail.com.
Abstract:
The emergence of drug resistant strains of important human pathogens has created an urgent necessity to find new targets and novel antitubercular agents. According to the literature survey, we noticed that enoyl ACP reductase is one of the most promising targets. This enzyme is the most important catalyst for the FAS II synthesis of mycolic acid, which is the most essential component of the mycobacterial cell wall. This review summarizes the progress made in the design of enoyl ACP reductase inhibitors and the role played by 3D-structure of the enzyme in drug design process.
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