Research Article

Generation and Analysis of Large-Scale Data-Driven Mycobacterium tuberculosis Functional Networks for Drug Target Identification

Table 6

Top 10 drug target candidates ranked based on criteria such as high eigenvector (influential) and closeness (central) values, previous identification as a possible target, and essentiality.

UniProt Acc Gene name Functional classNetwork centrality scoresPrevious identification sources
Eigen Betweenness Closeness Degree TDR UniProt Drugome [36] Essential [37]

Q7D6Z3 MT2600 Lipid metabolism 0.08369 128207.32 0.37 207 YesYes
P0A5Y6 inhA Lipid metabolism 0.08216 27379.65 0.36 162 Yes Yes Yes
O06934 glf Cell wall and cell processes 0.08152 67825.15 0.36 172 Yes
Q11141 proC Intermediary metabolism and respiration 0.08123 57376.99 0.36 165Yes Yes
P63562 argC Intermediary metabolism and respiration 0.08119 51684.48 0.36 163Yes Yes
P63629 hom Intermediary metabolism and respiration 0.08137 50079.08 0.36 171Yes Yes
P64328 hemA Intermediary metabolism and respiration 0.08126 77831.05 0.36 173Yes Yes
P0A544 serA Intermediary metabolism and respiration 0.08133 28205.61 0.36 164Yes Yes
P66783 Rv3791 Intermediary metabolism and respiration 0.08162 27347.66 0.35 157Yes Yes
O33290 ftsK Cell wall and cell processes 0.00172 62658.74 0.35 97Yes Yes