Selectivity of the time-dependent M. tuberculosis LeuRS inhibitor ganfeborole is driven by target vulnerability
Mingqian Wang, YongLe He, Siobhan A. Cohen, Amanda R. Strohm, Gauri S. Shetye, Scott Gary Franzblau, Stephen G. Walker, M.R.K. Alley, Peter J. Tonge
This paper shows ganfeborole is a potent time-dependent inhibitor of M. tuberculosis LeuRS with a long post-antibiotic effect, but not effective against E. coli despite inhibiting its LeuRS.
ACS Chemical Biology · Dec 3, 2025Peer-reviewedBiochemistry