Assay Method Information

Assay Name:  Rml C and D dose-response confirmation
Description:  Molecular Library Screening Center Network (MLSCN) Penn Center for Molecular Discovery (PCMD) Assay Provider: Michael McNeil, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO MLSCN Grant: DA024889-01 This screen is for compounds that have the potential to be developed into new drugs against tuberculosis (TB) because they inhibit the enzymes required for the formation of the cell wall of the tuberculosis bacterium. New drugs are needed because the rate of cure with the present drugs is very slow, and prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to present drugs is increasing. Recently, an increase in co-infection of HIV and M. tuberculosis has occurred, and treatment with present drugs results in harmful HIV/TB drug interactions. To identify potential anti-TB agents, we focused on two enzymes that act sequentially in the formation of dTDP-rhamnose (dTDP-Rha), a biosynthetic precursor required for TB cell wall formation and found to be essential for the growth of M. smegmatis and M
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