Microscale thermophoresis as a powerful growing analytical technique for the investigation of biomolecular interaction and the determination of binding parameters

S El Deeb, A Al-Harrasi, A Khan… - … and Applications in …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The in vitro panel of technologies to address biomolecular interactions are in play, however
microscale thermophoresis is continuously increasing in use to represent a key player in this …

Mutations Associated with Pyrazinamide Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A Review and Update

A Rajendran, K Palaniyandi - Current Microbiology, 2022 - Springer
Pyrazinamide (PZA) has remained a keystone of tuberculosis (TB) therapy, and it possesses
high imperative sterilizing action that can facilitate reduction in the present chemotherapy …

Emerging insight of whole genome sequencing coupled with protein structure prediction into the pyrazinamide-resistance signature of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

CK Huang, MC Yu, CS Hung, JC Lin - International Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pyrazinamide (PZA) is considered to be a pivotal drug to shorten the treatment of both drug-
susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis, but its use is challenged by the reliability of drug …

Overcoming the challenges of pyrazinamide susceptibility testing in clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates

S Mok, E Roycroft, PR Flanagan… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pyrazinamide (PZA) is one of the first-line agents used for the treatment of tuberculosis.
However, current phenotypic PZA susceptibility testing in the Bactec MGIT 960 system is …

Association between fatty acid metabolism gene mutations and Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission revealed by whole genome sequencing

Y Li, X Kong, Y Li, N Tao, T Wang, Y Li, Y Hou, X Zhu… - BMC microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Background Fatty acid metabolism greatly promotes the virulence and pathogenicity of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb). However, the regulatory mechanism of fatty acid …

Trans-Translation Is an Appealing Target for the Development of New Antimicrobial Compounds

R Campos-Silva, G D'Urso, O Delalande, E Giudice… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Because of the ever-increasing multidrug resistance in microorganisms, it is crucial that we
find and develop new antibiotics, especially molecules with different targets and …

The epidemiology and gene mutation characteristics of pyrazinamide-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in Southern China

N Wang, F Meng, L Deng, L Wu, Y Yang… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the epidemic trend of pyrazinamide (PZA)-resistant tuberculosis in
Southern China over 11 years (2012–2022) and evaluates the mutation characteristics of …

Structure activity relationship of pyrazinoic acid analogs as potential antimycobacterial agents

PV Hegde, WW Aragaw, MS Cole, G Jachak… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Synthesis, kinetics, structure-activity relationship and in silico ADME studies of new diazenyl azo-phenol derivatives against urease, SARS-CoV-2 main protease …

T Tahir, R Tabassum, Q Javed, A Ali, M Ashfaq… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present study, a new series of diazenyl azo-phenol derivatives (TC-1 to TC-8) have
been synthesized via diazo-coupling approach between substituted aromatic amines and …

The Structural and Molecular Mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Translational Elongation Factor Proteins

N Fang, L Wu, S Duan, J Li - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Targeting translation factor proteins holds promise for developing innovative anti-
tuberculosis drugs. During protein translation, many factors cause ribosomes to stall at …