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Disulfiram irreversibly aggregates betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase--a potential target for antimicrobial agents against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 10 Mar 2006
Velasco-García Roberto, Zaldívar-Machorro Víctor J, Mújica-Jiménez Carlos, González-Segura Lilian, Muñoz-Clares Rosario A
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In the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (PaBADH) may play the dual role of assimilating carbon and nitrogen from choline or choline precursors--abundant at infection sites--and producing glycine betaine, which protects the bacterium against the high-osmolality stress prevalent in the infected tissues. This tetrameric enzyme contains four cysteine residues per subunit and is a...
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