Molecular modeling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA gyrase and its molecular docking study with gatifloxacin inhibitors

J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2010 Apr;27(5):619-25. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2010.10508576.

Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mt) is a leading cause of infectious disease in the world today. This outlook is aggravated by a growing number of Mt infections in individuals who are immunocompromised as a result of HIV infections. Thus, new and more potent anti-tuberculosis agents are necessary. Therefore, DNA gyrase was selected as a target enzyme to combat Mt. In this work, the first three-dimensional molecular model of the hypothetical structures for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA gyrase (mtDNAg) was elucidated by a homology modeling method. In addition, the orientations and binding affinities of some gatifloxacin analogs with those new structures were investigated. Our findings could be helpful for the design of new more potent gatifloxacin analogs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • DNA Gyrase / chemistry*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Fluoroquinolones / chemistry*
  • Gatifloxacin
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Models, Molecular*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / enzymology*
  • Protein Multimerization / drug effects
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Topoisomerase II Inhibitors*

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
  • DNA Gyrase
  • Gatifloxacin