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Deciphering Molecular Insights into Isocitrate Lyase and their Inhibitors: A Detailed Display through Medicinal Chemistry Window

Gritika Khanojia1★, Vinayak Walhekar1★, Patil Ashwini1★, Pratik Birajdar1★, Pawar Ritesh1★, Amol Muthal2★, Subhash Bodhankar2★, Chandrakant Bagul1★, Dileep Kumar1★, Baswaraju Macha3★, Vaibhav Shinde4★, Ravindra Kulkarni1★★ Corresponding author

  1. 1Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, BVDU's Poona College of Pharmacy, Paud Road, Erandwane, Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA.
  2. 2Department of Pharmacology, BVDU's Poona College of Pharmacy, Paud Road, Erandawane, Pune,, Maharashtra, INDIA.
  3. 3Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCPSc, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana, INDIA.
  4. 4Department of Pharmacognosy, BVDU's Poona College of Pharmacy, Paud Road, Erandawane, Pune,, Maharashtra, INDIA.
  5. 5Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, California, USA.
  6. 6UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Centre, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, California, USA.

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Gritika Khanojia

Dr. Ravindra KulkarniDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, BVDU's Poona College of Pharmacy, Erandawane, Pune-411038, Maharashtra, INDIA.

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Received: 03-09-2023; Revised: 15-10-2024; Accepted: 22-01-2025.

Volume 59, Issue 2 · pp. 453–471 · PUBLISHED Apr-Jun 2025 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.20255143

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ABSTRACT

Aim Isocitrate lyase is the ancient glyoxylate cycle enzyme that catalyzes isocitrate cleavage into succinate and glyoxylate. The glyoxylate cycle is a key metabolic pathway as indicated by significant data on many host pathogens, which confirm the fundamental existence, in particular, causing life-threatening diseases, including tuberculosis. Objectives Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isocitrate lyase and other organisms, which express ICL, have attracted the attention of molecular biologists and medicinal chemists due to their indispensable role in normal cellular metabolic pathways and even resistance. Numerous studies that blocked genes expressing ICL and gene knockout in experimental animals indicated retarded growth. The origins of these inhibitor studies approaches are categorized into mycobacterial and non-mycobacterial Isocitrate lyases. Conclusion Nonetheless, these inhibitors can be either synthetic or natural, while in this study, the authors emphasize catalytic enzyme information of Isocitrate lyase.

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    Khanojia, G., Walhekar, V., Ashwini, P., Birajdar, P., Ritesh, P., Muthal, A., Bodhankar, S., Bagul, C., Kumar, D., Macha, B., Shinde, V., & Kulkarni, R. (2025). Deciphering Molecular Insights into Isocitrate Lyase and their Inhibitors: A Detailed Display through Medicinal Chemistry Window. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 59(2), 453–471. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijper.20255143