Brucella
Related VFcategory: Others
Target: Histidinol dehydrogenase (HDH)
Drug effect: Inhibits HDH activity to interfere with histidine biosynthesis which is essential for intramacrophagic replication.
Max phase: Preclinical (in vitro)
Publication: Abdo MR, et al., 2011. Anti-virulence strategy against Brucella suis: synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling of selective histidinol dehydrogenase inhibitors. Org Biomol Chem 9(10):3681-90.