Unique structural and mechanistic properties of mycobacterial F-ATP synthases : implications for drug design

• Main Authors: Kamariah, Neelagandan, Ragunathan, Priya, Shin, Joon, Saw, Wuan-Geok, Wong, Chui-Fann, Dick, Thomas, Grüber, Gerhard
• 其他作者: School of Biological Sciences
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2020
• 主題: Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry; Science::Biological sciences::Molecular biology; F-ATP Synthase; Bioenergetics
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138547
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

The causative agent of Tuberculosis (TB) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) encounters unfavourable environmental conditions in the lungs, including nutrient limitation, low oxygen tensions and/or low/high pH values. These harsh conditions in the host triggers Mtb to enter a dormant state in which the...