The Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Lipb Enzyme Functions as a Cysteine/Lysine Dyad Acyltransferase.
Ma, Q., Zhao, X., Eddine, A.N., Geerlof, A., Li, X., Cronan, J.E., Kaufmann, S.H., Wilmanns, M.(2006) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103: 8662
- PubMed: 16735476 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0510436103
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1W66 - PubMed Abstract: 
Lipoic acid is essential for the activation of a number of protein complexes involved in key metabolic processes. Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis relies on a pathway in which the lipoate attachment group is synthesized from an endogenously produ ...