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Nucleotide triphosphate promiscuity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis dethiobiotin synthetase.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 May 2015
Salaemae Wanisa, Yap Min Y, Wegener Kate L, Booker Grant W, Wilce Matthew C J, Polyak Steven W
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Dethiobiotin synthetase (DTBS) plays a crucial role in biotin biosynthesis in microorganisms, fungi, and plants. Due to its importance in bacterial pathogenesis, and the absence of a human homologue, DTBS is a promising target for the development of new antibacterials desperately needed to combat antibiotic resistance. Here we report the first X-ray structure of DTBS from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MtDTBS) bound...
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