Ligand specificity of group I biotin protein ligase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

BACKGROUND: Fatty acids are indispensable constituents of mycolic acids that impart toughness & permeability barrier to the cell envelope of M. tuberculosis. Biotin is an essential co-factor for acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) the enzyme involved in the synthesis of malonyl-CoA, a committed precurs...

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Main Authors: Sudha Purushothaman, Garima Gupta, Richa Srivastava, Vasanthakumar Ganga Ramu, Avadhesha Surolia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2384007?pdf=render