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A vitamin B₁₂ transporter in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Open biology - 13 Feb 2013
Gopinath Krishnamoorthy, Venclovas Ceslovas, Ioerger Thomas R, Sacchettini James C, McKinney John D, Mizrahi Valerie, Warner Digby F
Abstract excerpt
Vitamin B₁₂-dependent enzymes function in core biochemical pathways in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an obligate pathogen whose metabolism in vivo is poorly understood. Although M. tuberculosis can access vitamin B₁₂ in vitro, it is uncertain whether the organism is able to scavenge B₁₂ during host infection. This question is crucial to predictions of metabolic function, but its resolution is complicated by the...
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