Inhibition of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis β-Ketoacyl ACP synthase by isoniazid

Khisimuzi Mdluli, Richard A. Slayden, Ya Qi Zhu, Srinivas Ramaswamy, Xi Pan, David Mead, Deborah D. Crane, James M. Musser, Clifton E. Barry

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Abstract

Although isoniazid (isonicortinic acid hydrazide, INH) is widely used for the treatment of tuberculosis, its molecular target has remained elusive. In response to INH treatment, saturated hexacosanoic acid (C26:0) accumulated on a 12-kilodalton acyl carrier protein (AcpM) that normally carried mycolic acid precursors as long as C50. A protein species purified from INH-treated Mycobacterium tuberculosis was shown to consist of a covalent complex of INH, AcpM, and a β-ketoacyl acyl carrier protein in synthase, KasA. Amino acid- altering mutations in the KasA protein were identified in INH-resistant patient isolates that lacked other mutations associated with resistance to this drug.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1607-1610
Number of pages4
JournalScience
Volume280
Issue number5369
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 5 1998

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