title: Structure-based prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis shikimate kinase inhibitors by high-throughput virtual screening.
abstract: A structure-based virtual screening protocol was used to predict Mycobacterium tuberculosis shikimate kinase (MtSk) inhibitors. Docking simulations were performed using eHiTS software and 644 drug-like compounds were identified as potential inhibitors. Forty-two percent of such inhibitors had a structural relationship to a triazole or a tetrazole heteroaromatic system which may provide a candidate lead for the discovery of MtSk inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Blvd. del Maestro esquina Elías Piña, Col. Narciso Mendoza, 88710, Cd. Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. asegurac@ipn.mx
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Segura-Cabrera
authors.forename: Mario A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Pérez
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D015195:Drug Design; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology*; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D012984:Software; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014230:Triazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D013777:Tetrazoles; D014230:Triazoles; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C022642:shikimate kinase