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Identification of the INO1 gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv reveals a novel class of inositol-1-phosphate synthase enzyme.

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Title Identification of the INO1 gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv reveals a novel class of inositol-1-phosphate synthase enzyme.
 
Creator Bachhawat, N
Mande, S C
 
Subject QR Microbiology
 
Description 1L-myo-inositol (inositol) is vital for the biogenesis of mycothiol, phosphatidylinositol and glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors linked to complex carbohydrates in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. All these cellular components are thought to play important roles in host-pathogen interactions and in the survival of the pathogen within the host. However, the inositol biosynthetic pathway in M. tuberculosis is not known. To delineate the pathways for inositol formation, we employed a unique combination of tertiary structure prediction and yeast-based functional assays. Here, we describe the identification of the gene for mycobacterial INO1 that encodes inositol-1-phosphate synthase distinct in many respects from the eukaryotic analogues.
 
Publisher Elsevier Science/Academic Press
 
Date 1999-08-20
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://crdd.osdd.net/open/340/1/bachhawat99.1.pdf
Bachhawat, N and Mande, S C (1999) Identification of the INO1 gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv reveals a novel class of inositol-1-phosphate synthase enzyme. Journal of molecular biology, 291 (3). pp. 531-6. ISSN 0022-2836
 
Relation http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022283699929807
http://crdd.osdd.net/open/340/