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A GMC oxidoreductase homologue is required for acetylation of glycopeptidolipid in Mycobacterium smegmatis.
Biochemistry - 4 Feb 2014
Gao Jin, Sampson Nicole S
Abstract excerpt
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3409c gene is required for modulation of the Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR-2) signaling response in infected macrophages. Although each is annotated as encoding a cholesterol oxidase, neither Rv3409c nor its ortholog MSMEG1604 is required for the metabolism of cholesterol in mycobacteria. Here we report that a unique lipid, L1334, accumulates in a MSMEG1604 transposon mutant in the...
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