Studies of a ring-cleaving dioxygenase illuminate the role of cholesterol metabolism in the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Studies of a ring-cleaving dioxygenase illuminate the role of cholesterol metabolism in the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of TB, possesses a cholesterol catabolic pathway implicated in pathogenesis. This pathway includes an iron-dependent extradiol dioxygenase, HsaC, that cleaves catechols. Immuno-compromised mice infected with a DeltahsaC mutant of M. tuberculosis H37R...

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Main Authors: Katherine C Yam, Igor D'Angelo, Rainer Kalscheuer, Haizhong Zhu, Jian-Xin Wang, Victor Snieckus, Lan H Ly, Paul J Converse, William R Jacobs, Natalie Strynadka, Lindsay D Eltis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1000344&type=printable
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