Novel inhibitors of cholesterol degradation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveal how the bacterium's metabolism is constrained by the intracellular environment.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) relies on a specialized set of metabolic pathways to support growth in macrophages. By conducting an extensive, unbiased chemical screen to identify small molecules that inhibit Mtb metabolism within macrophages, we identified a significant number of novel compounds...

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Main Authors: Brian C VanderVen, Ruth J Fahey, Wonsik Lee, Yancheng Liu, Robert B Abramovitch, Christine Memmott, Adam M Crowe, Lindsay D Eltis, Emanuele Perola, David D Deininger, Tiansheng Wang, Christopher P Locher, David G Russell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4335503?pdf=render