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Tuberculosis remains a leading cause of death by infectious disease. The long treatment regimen and the spread of drug-resistant strains of the causative agent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) necessitates the development of new treatment options. In a phenotypic screen, nitrofuran-resorufin conjugate 1 was identified as a potent sub-micromolar inhibitor of whole cell Mtb. Complete loss of activity was observed for this compound in Mtb mutants affected in enzyme cofactor F biosynthesis (fbiC), suggesting that 1 undergoes prodrug activation in a manner similar to anti-tuberculosis prodrug pretomanid. Exploration of the structure-activity relationship led to the discovery of novel resorufin analogues that do not rely on the deazaflavin-dependent nitroreductase (Ddn) bioactivation pathway for their antimycobacterial activity. These analogues are of interest as they work through an alternative, currently unknown mechanism that may expand our chemical arsenal towards the treatment of this devastating disease.
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