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The mycobacterial desaturase DesA2 is associated with mycolic acid biosynthesis

Mycolic acids are critical for the survival and virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis. Double bond formation in the merochain of mycolic acids remains poorly understood, though we have previously shown desA1, encoding an aerobic desaturase, is involved in mycol...

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Autores principales: Bailo, Rebeca, Radhakrishnan, Anjana, Singh, Albel, Nakaya, Makoto, Fujiwara, Nagatoshi, Bhatt, Apoorva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9050676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35484172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10589-y