About the Authors

Lina Baranauskiene

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Lina Škiudaitė

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, Pharmacy Center, Institute of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Vilma Michailovienė

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Vytautas Petrauskas

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Daumantas Matulis

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

daumantas.matulis@bti.vu.lt

Affiliation Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design, Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: Authors LB and DM declare that they are authors of several patents and patent applications on carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. None of the patents or patent applications are directly related to the compounds described in this manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.