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Impact of distal side water and residue 315 on ligand binding to ferric Mycobacterium tuberculosis catalase-peroxidase (KatG).
Biochemistry - 25 Nov 2008
Ranguelova Kalina, Suarez Javier, Metlitsky Leonid, Yu Shengwei, Brejt Shelly Zev, Brejt Sidney Zelig, Zhao Lin, Schelvis Johannes P M, Magliozzo Richard S
Abstract excerpt
The catalase-peroxidase (KatG) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is important for the virulence of this pathogen and also is responsible for activation of isoniazid (INH), an antibiotic in use for over 50 years in the first line treatment against tuberculosis infection. Overexpressed Mtb KatG contains a heterogeneous population of heme species that present distinct spectroscopic properties and, as described...
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