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Biochemical Characterization and Computational Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pyrazinamidase in Some Pyrazinamide-Resistant Isolates of Iran.
The protein journal - 1 Jun 2015
Doustdar Farahnoosh, Pazhang Mohammad, Mehrnejad Faramarz, Safarzadeh Mehrnoosh, Rabiei Davod, Chaparzadeh Nader, Falahati Hanieh, Mir-Derikvand Mohammad
Abstract excerpt
Pyrazinamide (PZA) is one the first line anti-tuberculosis drugs that require activation by the pyrazinamidase (PZase). Most PZA-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains have mutations in the pncA gene which encoding PZase that result in the reduction or loss of the enzyme activity. Herein, we have examined how various mutations, which have been found from the PZA-resistant M. tuberculosis strains in Iran,...
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