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Dissecting the role of critical residues and substrate preference of a Fatty Acyl-CoA Synthetase (FadD13) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
PloS one - 21 Dec 2009
Khare Garima, Gupta Vibha, Gupta Rakesh K, Gupta Radhika, Bhat Rajiv, Tyagi Anil K
Abstract excerpt
Newly emerging multi-drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) severely limit the treatment options for tuberculosis (TB); hence, new antitubercular drugs are urgently needed. The mymA operon is essential for the virulence and intracellular survival of M.tb and thus represents an attractive target for the development of new antitubercular drugs. This study is focused on the structure-function...
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