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SUBMITTER: Martinot AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4709180 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PLoS pathogens 20160111 1
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) mutants lacking rv1411c, which encodes the lipoprotein LprG, and rv1410c, which encodes a putative efflux pump, are dramatically attenuated for growth in mice. Here we show that loss of LprG-Rv1410 in Mtb leads to intracellular triacylglyceride (TAG) accumulation, and overexpression of the locus increases the levels of TAG in the culture medium, demonstrating a role of this locus in TAG transport. LprG binds TAG within a large hydrophobic cleft and is sufficient ...[more]