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Dihydrolipoamide acyltransferase is critical for Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 2006
Shi Shuangping, Ehrt Sabine
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has evolved to persist in host macrophages, where it faces a nutrient-poor environment and is exposed to oxidative and nitrosative stress. To defend itself against oxidative/nitrosative stress, M. tuberculosis expresses an NADH-dependent peroxidase and peroxynitrite reductase that is encoded by ahpC, ahpD, lpd, and dlaT. In addition to its central role in the peroxynitrite reductase...
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