Thiophene-2 (TP2) is a targeted inhibitor of polyketide synthase 13 (Pks13), specifically designed to disrupt mycolic acid biosynthesis. By doing so, it effectively induces rapid cell death in mycobacteria. Thiophene-2 demonstrates notable anti-tuberculosis activity and exhibits a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of 1 μM against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
TPT-172, also known as R33 (described in Mecozzi et al' s paper), is a thiophene thiourea derivative with molecule weight 172 in free base form. There is no formal name yet, we temporally call this molecule as TPT-172. Please also see similar products: TP