Toward antituberculosis drugs: In silico screening of synthetic compounds against Mycobacterium tuberculosis L,D-transpeptidase 2

• Main Authors: Billones, Junie B., Carrillo, Maria Constancia O., Organo, Voltaire G., Macalino, Stephani Joy Y., Sy, Jamie Bernadette A., Emnacen, Inno A., Clavio, Nina Abigail B., Concepcion, Gisela P.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Antitubercular agents; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Medicinal-Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11460
• Institution: De La Salle University

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) the main causative agent of tuberculosis, is the main reason why this disease continues to be a global public health threat. It is therefore imperative to find a novel antitubercular drug target that is unique to the structural machinery or is essential to the growth...