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Purification and biochemical characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis SuhB, an inositol monophosphatase involved in inositol biosynthesis.
Biochemistry - 2 Apr 2002
Nigou Jérôme, Dover Lynn G, Besra Gurdyal S
Abstract excerpt
Phosphatidylinositol is an essential component of mycobacteria, and phosphatidylinositol-based lipids such as phosphatidylinositolmannosides, lipomannan, and lipoarabinomannan are major immunomodulatory components of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall. Inositol monophosphatase (EC 3.1.3.25) is a crucial enzyme in the biosynthesis of free myo-inositol from inositol-1-phosphate, a key substrate for the...
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