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SUBMITTER: Sun Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6969166 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Qingan Q Li Xiaojun X Perez Lisa M LM Shi Wanliang W Zhang Ying Y Sacchettini James C JC
Nature communications 20200117 1
Pyrazinamide has been a mainstay in the multidrug regimens used to treat tuberculosis. It is active against the persistent, non-replicating mycobacteria responsible for the protracted therapy required to cure tuberculosis. Pyrazinamide is a pro-drug that is converted into pyrazinoic acid (POA) by pyrazinamidase, however, the exact target of the drug has been difficult to determine. Here we show the enzyme PanD binds POA in its active site in a manner consistent with competitive inhibition. The a ...[more]