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DNA gyrase, specifically the ATPase domain of GyrB, represents a promising target for the development of novel anti-tubercular agents.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A comprehensive computational workflow was employed, including pharmacophore-based virtual screening of approximately 1,000,000 compounds from the PubChem, ZINC, ChEMBL, and MolPort databases. Hits were filtered using Lipinski's rule of five, structural diversity analysis, molecular docking, ADMET and toxicity assessment, molecular dynamics simulations, and density functional theory analyses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Approximately 30,000 preliminary hits were obtained, which were reduced to 21 candidate molecules and subsequently to 10 unique compounds. 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