[HTML][HTML] Ribonucleotide reductases: essential enzymes for bacterial life

E Torrents - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) is a key enzyme that mediates the synthesis of
deoxyribonucleotides, the DNA precursors, for DNA synthesis in every living cell. This …

Class I ribonucleotide reductases: metallocofactor assembly and repair in vitro and in vivo

JA Cotruvo Jr, JA Stubbe - Annual review of biochemistry, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Incorporation of metallocofactors essential for the activity of many enyzmes is a major
mechanism of posttranslational modification. The cellular machinery required for these …

[HTML][HTML] VapC Toxins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Are Ribonucleases that Differentially Inhibit Growth and Are Neutralized by Cognate VapB Antitoxins

BA Ahidjo, D Kuhnert, JL McKenzie, EE Machowski… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The chromosome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) encodes forty seven toxin-antitoxin
modules belonging to the VapBC family. The role of these modules in the physiology of Mtb …

Vitamin B12 Metabolism in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

K Gopinath, A Moosa, V Mizrahi, DF Warner - Future microbiology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is included among a select group of bacteria possessing the
capacity for de novo biosynthesis of vitamin B12, the largest and most complex natural …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring global protein thiol-oxidation and protein S-mycothiolation in Mycobacterium smegmatis under hypochlorite stress

M Hillion, J Bernhardt, T Busche, M Rossius, S Maaß… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Mycothiol (MSH) is the major low molecular weight (LMW) thiol in Actinomycetes. Here, we
used shotgun proteomics, OxICAT and RNA-seq transcriptomics to analyse protein S …

[HTML][HTML] Tangled up in knots: structures of inactivated forms of E. coli class Ia ribonucleotide reductase

CM Zimanyi, N Ando, EJ Brignole, FJ Asturias… - Structure, 2012 - cell.com
Ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs) provide the precursors for DNA biosynthesis and repair
and are successful targets for anticancer drugs such as clofarabine and gemcitabine …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic analysis of vitamin B12-related metabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

DB Young, I Comas, LPS de Carvalho - Frontiers in molecular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Comparison of genome sequences from clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with
phylogenetically-related pathogens Mycobacterium marinum, Mycobacterium kansasii, and …

Role of the DinB Homologs Rv1537 and Rv3056 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

BD Kana, GL Abrahams, N Sung, DF Warner… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
The environment encountered by Mycobacterium tuberculosis during infection is genotoxic.
Most bacteria tolerate DNA damage by engaging specialized DNA polymerases that …

Functional Analysis of Molybdopterin Biosynthesis in Mycobacteria Identifies a Fused Molybdopterin Synthase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

MJ Williams, BD Kana, V Mizrahi - Journal of bacteriology, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Most mycobacterial species possess a full complement of genes for the biosynthesis of
molybdenum cofactor (MoCo). However, a distinguishing feature of members of the …

DNA Replication in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Z Ditse, MH Lamers, DF Warner - Microbiology spectrum, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Faithful replication and maintenance of the genome are essential to the ability of any
organism to survive and propagate. For an obligate pathogen such as Mycobacterium …