Ergothioneine Maintains Redox and Bioenergetic Homeostasis Essential for Drug Susceptibility and Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Ergothioneine Maintains Redox and Bioenergetic Homeostasis Essential for Drug Susceptibility and Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The mechanisms by which Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) maintains metabolic equilibrium to survive during infection and upon exposure to antimycobacterial drugs are poorly characterized. Ergothioneine (EGT) and mycothiol (MSH) are the major redox buffers present in Mtb, but the contribution of EGT...

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Main Authors: Vikram Saini, Bridgette M. Cumming, Loni Guidry, Dirk A. Lamprecht, John H. Adamson, Vineel P. Reddy, Krishna C. Chinta, James H. Mazorodze, Joel N. Glasgow, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, Anaximandro Gomez-Velasco, Horacio Bach, Yossef Av-Gay, Hyungjin Eoh, Kyu Rhee, Adrie J.C. Steyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124715014977

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