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Structural Basis for the Strict Substrate Selectivity of the Mycobacterial Hydrolase LipW.
Biochemistry - 27 Dec 2016
McKary Magy G, Abendroth Jan, Edwards Thomas E, Johnson R Jeremy
Abstract excerpt
The complex life cycle of Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires diverse energy mobilization and utilization strategies facilitated by a battery of lipid metabolism enzymes. Among lipid metabolism enzymes, the Lip family of mycobacterial serine hydrolases is essential to lipid scavenging, metabolic cycles, and reactivation from dormancy. On the basis of the homologous rescue strategy for mycobacterial drug targets,...
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