Abstract

With ever-increasing drug resistant clinical isolates, novel antibiotics with new targets are urgently needed. Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, showed formidable antibiotics resistance. InhA, the enoyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) reductase involved in the type II fatty acid synthesis pathway (FASII) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, represents an appealing target for the development of new anti-tuberculosis (TB) agents. Inhibitors against InhA might be ideal lead or antibiotics. The latest development of InhA inhibitors is summarized in this paper.

Keywords: Drug discovery, drug resistance, enoyl-ACP reductase, InhA, isoniazid, tuberculosis.

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