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Structure of isocitrate lyase, a persistence factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Nature structural biology - 1 Aug 2000
Sharma V, Sharma S, Hoener zu Bentrup K, McKinney J D, Russell D G, Jacobs W R, Sacchettini J C
Abstract excerpt
Isocitrate lyase (ICL) plays a pivotal role in the persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice by sustaining intracellular infection in inflammatory macrophages. The enzyme allows net carbon gain by diverting acetyl-CoA from beta-oxidation of fatty acids into the glyoxylate shunt pathway. Given its potential as a drug target against persistent infections, we solved its structure without ligand and in...
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