Structure of isocitrate lyase, a persistence factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Sharma, V., Sharma, S., Hoener zu Bentrup, K., McKinney, J.D., Russell, D.G., Jacobs Jr., W.R., Sacchettini, J.C.(2000) Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. 7: 663-668
- PubMed: 10932251 
- DOI: 10.1038/77964
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- PubMed Abstract: 
Isocitrate lyase (ICL) plays a pivotal role in the persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice by sustaining intracellular infection in inflammatory macrophages. The enzyme allows net carbon gain by diverting acetyl-CoA from beta-oxidation of f ...