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Structure and mapping of spontaneous mutational sites of PyrR from Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 18 Mar 2016
Ghode Pramila, Ramachandran Sarath, Bifani Pablo, Sivaraman J
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection and the dearth of drugs against tuberculosis have made it imperative to identify and validate novel targets and classes of drugs for treatment. The pyrimidine operon regulatory protein (PyrR), a regulator of de novo pyrimidine synthesis, is an essential enzyme and a probable 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) target in Mtb, with mutations in PyrR...
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