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Interactions Of Mtfabh With Its Substrates And Inhibitors Reveal Novel Mechanistic Insights, Sarbjot Singh Sachdeva
Interactions Of Mtfabh With Its Substrates And Inhibitors Reveal Novel Mechanistic Insights, Sarbjot Singh Sachdeva
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Tuberculosis emerged from its grave to be one of the deadliest diseases of the present time after recently developing a synergy with AIDS. A fatty acid condensing enzyme-mtFabH has been proposed to connect the key processes involved in biosynthesis of mycolic acids, an important component of mycobacterial cell wall. It condenses long acyl Coenzymes A (CoA; up to C20CoA) with malonyl Acyl Carrier Protein (ACP) to form the elongated β-ketoacyl-ACP which further undergoes rounds of elongation to form mero-mycolate branch of mature mycolic acids. Owing to its proposed central position in mycolic acid synthesis, mtFabH has attracted considerable attention as …