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SUBMITTER: Pham TV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5530696 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pham Truc V TV Murkin Andrew S AS Moynihan Margaret M MM Harris Lawrence L Tyler Peter C PC Shetty Nishant N Sacchettini James C JC Huang Hsiao-Ling HL Meek Thomas D TD
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170705 29
Isocitrate lyase (ICL, types 1 and 2) is the first enzyme of the glyoxylate shunt, an essential pathway for <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> (<i>Mtb</i>) during the persistent phase of human TB infection. Here, we report 2-vinyl-d-isocitrate (2-VIC) as a mechanism-based inactivator of <i>Mtb</i> ICL1 and ICL2. The enzyme-catalyzed retro-aldol cleavage of 2-VIC unmasks a Michael substrate, 2-vinylglyoxylate, which then forms a slowly reversible, covalent adduct with the thiolate form of active-s ...[more]