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A comprehensive computational study to explore promising natural bioactive compounds targeting glycosyltransferase MurG in Escherichia coli for potential drug development

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العنوان: A comprehensive computational study to explore promising natural bioactive compounds targeting glycosyltransferase MurG in Escherichia coli for potential drug development
المؤلفون: Amneh Shtaiwi, Shafi Ullah Khan, Meriem Khedraoui, Mohd Alaraj, Abdelouahid Samadi, Samir Chtita
المصدر: Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2024)
بيانات النشر: Nature Portfolio, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: MurG, Natural products, Antibacterial, Antibiotics resistance, Virtual screening, Molecular dynamics, Medicine, Science
الوصف: Abstract Peptidoglycan is a carbohydrate with a cross-linked structure that protects the cytoplasmic membrane of bacterial cells from damage. The mechanism of peptidoglycan biosynthesis involves the main synthesizing enzyme glycosyltransferase MurG, which is known as a potential target for antibiotic therapy. Many MurG inhibitors have been recognized as MurG targets, but high toxicity and drug-resistant Escherichia coli strains remain the most important problems for further development. In addition, the discovery of selective MurG inhibitors has been limited to the synthesis of peptidoglycan-mimicking compounds. The present study employed drug discovery, such as virtual screening using molecular docking, drug likeness ADMET proprieties predictions, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, to identify potential natural products (NPs) for Escherichia coli. We conducted a screening of 30,926 NPs from the NPASS database. Subsequently, 20 of these compounds successfully passed the potency, pharmacokinetic, ADMET screening assays, and their validation was further confirmed through molecular docking. The best three hits and the standard were chosen for further MD simulations up to 400 ns and energy calculations to investigate the stability of the NPs-MurG complexes. The analyses of MD simulations and total binding energies suggested the higher stability of NPC272174. The potential compounds can be further explored in vivo and in vitro for promising novel antibacterial drug discovery.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2045-2322
العلاقة: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Test
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57702-x
الوصول الحر: https://doaj.org/article/aba60eb070e14f04b507a4c453790b25Test
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.ba60eb070e14f04b507a4c453790b25
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20452322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-57702-x