Post-translational protein acetylation: an elegant mechanism for bacteria to dynamically regulate metabolic functions

DG Christensen, X Xie, N Basisty, J Byrnes… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Post-translational modifications (PTM) decorate proteins to provide functional heterogeneity
to an existing proteome. The large number of known PTMs highlights the many ways that …

Bacterial GCN5-Related N-Acetyltransferases: From Resistance to Regulation

L Favrot, JS Blanchard, O Vergnolle - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
The GCN5-related N-acetyltransferases family (GNAT) is an important family of proteins that
includes more than 100000 members among eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Acetylation …

Novel Inhibitors of Cholesterol Degradation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Reveal How the Bacterium's Metabolism Is Constrained by the Intracellular Environment

BC VanderVen, RJ Fahey, W Lee, Y Liu… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) relies on a specialized set of metabolic pathways to
support growth in macrophages. By conducting an extensive, unbiased chemical screen to …

Acylation of biomolecules in prokaryotes: a widespread strategy for the control of biological function and metabolic stress

KL Hentchel… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acylation of biomolecules (eg, proteins and small molecules) is a process that occurs in cells
of all domains of life and has emerged as a critical mechanism for the control of many …

Proteome-wide lysine acetylation profiling of the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis

L Xie, X Wang, J Zeng, M Zhou, X Duan, Q Li… - The international journal …, 2015 - Elsevier
N ɛ-Acetylation of lysine residues represents a pivotal post-translational modification used
by both eukaryotes and prokaryotes to modulate diverse biological processes …

Acetylome analysis reveals diverse functions of lysine acetylation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

F Liu, M Yang, X Wang, S Yang, J Gu, J Zhou… - Molecular & cellular …, 2014 - ASBMB
The lysine acetylation of proteins is a reversible post-translational modification that plays a
critical regulatory role in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a …

Cyclic AMP-Mediated Inhibition of Cholesterol Catabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by the Novel Drug Candidate GSK2556286

KL Brown, KM Wilburn, CR Montague… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Despite the deployment of combination tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy, efforts to identify
shorter, nonrelapsing treatments have resulted in limited success. Recent evidence …

Lysine acetylation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis HU protein modulates its DNA binding and genome organization

S Ghosh, B Padmanabhan, C Anand… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Nucleoid‐associated protein HU, a conserved protein across eubacteria is necessary for
maintaining the nucleoid organization and global regulation of gene expression …

Cyclic AMP is a critical mediator of intrinsic drug resistance and fatty acid metabolism in M. tuberculosis

AI Wong, T Beites, KA Planck, RA Fieweger, KA Eckartt… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Cyclic AMP (cAMP) is a ubiquitous second messenger that transduces signals from cellular
receptors to downstream effectors. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the etiological agent …

Role of post‐translational modifications in the acquisition of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

G Arora, A Bothra, G Prosser, K Arora… - The FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the primary causes of deaths due to infectious diseases. The
current TB regimen is long and complex, failing of which leads to relapse and/or the …