2.8.2. Functional Classification

The protein targets were classified functionally under three categories, viz. virulence factors, proteins involved in metabolism, and those involved in cellular processes, and were regarded as an effective target for emerging TB treatments [43]. VICMpred webserver predicted six proteins involved in metabolism, three in cellular processes, and one protein as a virulence factor (*Rv0554*) [57–60]. The comprehensive analysis of these functional proteins is shown in (Figure 4b).
