Crystallization and structure analysis of the core motif of the Pks13 acyltransferase domain fromMycobacterium tuberculosis
Yu, M., Dou, C., Gu, Y., Cheng, W.(2018) PeerJ 6: e4728-e4728
- PubMed: 29761048 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4728
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5XUO - PubMed Abstract: 
Type I polyketide synthase 13 (Pks13) is involved in the final step of the biosynthesis of mycolic acid in Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Recent articles have reported that Pks13 is an essential enzyme in the mycolic acid biosynthesis pathway, and it has been deeply studied as a drug target in Tuberculosis. We report a high-resolution structure of the acyltransferase (AT) domain of Pks13 at 2.59 Å resolution. Structural comparison with the full-length AT domain (PDB code, 3TZW, and 3TZZ) reveals a different orientation of the C-terminal helix and rearrangement of some conserved residues.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.