Three-Dimensional (3D) pharmacophore-based identification of possible ATP-synthase inhibitors for mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)

dc.contributor.authorFredericks, Ridaa
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-03T09:55:58Z
dc.date.available2025-10-03T09:55:58Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractTuberculosis (TB) is defined as a chronic infectious disease caused by the air-borne transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Due to high prevalence of Mtb in South Africa, it is classified as a high burden country by the World Health Organization (WHO). Multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) strains display a resistance to both Isoniazid and Rifampicin, while extensively drug resistant (XDR-TB) includes resistance to fluoroquinolone as well as other second- line drugs (Capreomycin, Kanamycin and Amikacin). Bedaquiline (BDQ) is a diarylquinoline aimed at inhibiting the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase of MDR-TB, thereby targeting the energy metabolism mechanism of Mtb. Drug regimens utilized prior to BDQ have shown low success rates in patients with XDR-TB. The technologies of computer-aided drug discovery (CADD) has proven to be a powerful tool in reducing costs, as well as time, and ensures the efficiency of lead compound identification. CADD can be divided into two categories; structure-based (SB) and ligand-based (LB) drug discovery. The categories are employed are based on the input data; in this study the LB method was employed as the known descriptors were found to inhibit Mtb ATP-synthase. These descriptors (ligands) were then used to generate pharmacophore models of varying quality and features. A pharmacophore model is a set of features that a ligand requires to be recognized by the drug target, Mtb ATP-synthase.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/21013
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Cape
dc.subjectMycobacterium Tuberculosis
dc.subjectFirst-line drugs
dc.subjectVirtual Screening
dc.subjectATP-synthase
dc.subjectMulti-drug Resistance
dc.titleThree-Dimensional (3D) pharmacophore-based identification of possible ATP-synthase inhibitors for mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)
dc.typeThesis

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