The mycobacterial cell envelope—a moving target

CL Dulberger, EJ Rubin, CC Boutte - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the leading cause of death due to infection, has a dynamic and
immunomodulatory cell envelope. The cell envelope structurally and functionally varies …

Transporters involved in the biogenesis and functionalization of the mycobacterial cell envelope

M Jackson, CM Stevens, L Zhang, HI Zgurskaya… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The biology of mycobacteria is dominated by a complex cell envelope of unique composition
and structure and of exceptionally low permeability. This cell envelope is the basis of many …

[HTML][HTML] MtrA modulates Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell division in host microenvironments to mediate intrinsic resistance and drug tolerance

EJR Peterson, AN Brooks, DJ Reiss, A Kaur, J Do… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
The success of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is largely attributed to its ability to
physiologically adapt and withstand diverse localized stresses within host …

[HTML][HTML] Two faces of CwlM, an essential PknB substrate, in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

O Turapov, F Forti, B Kadhim, D Ghisotti, J Sassine… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Tuberculosis claims> 1 million lives annually, and its causative agent Mycobacterium
tuberculosis is a highly successful pathogen. Protein kinase B (PknB) is reported to be …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Protein kinases PknA and PknB independently and coordinately regulate essential Mycobacterium tuberculosis physiologies and antimicrobial susceptibility

J Zeng, J Platig, TY Cheng, S Ahmed, Y Skaf… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ser/Thr protein kinases PknA and PknB are essential for
growth and have been proposed as possible drug targets. We used a titratable conditional …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Metabolism

GT Mashabela, TJ De Wet, DF Warner - Microbiology spectrum, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the cause of tuberculosis (TB), a disease which continues to
overwhelm health systems in endemic regions despite the existence of effective combination …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis PknK substrate profiling reveals essential transcription terminator protein Rho and two-component response regulators PrrA and MtrA as …

V Malhotra, BP Okon, AT Satsangi, S Das… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein kinase K regulates growth adaptation by facilitating
mycobacterial survival in response to a variety of in vitro and in vivo stress conditions. Here …

Phosphorylation of CFP10 modulates Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence

B Malakar, K Chauhan, P Sanyal, S Naz, H Kalam… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Virulence effectors secreted by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) help subvert host immune
mechanisms and, therefore, are critical for establishing infection and pathogenesis …

[HTML][HTML] PrrA modulates Mycobacterium tuberculosis response to multiple environmental cues and is critically regulated by serine/threonine protein kinases

D Giacalone, RE Yap, AMV Ecker, S Tan - PLoS Genetics, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) to adapt to its surrounding environment is
critical for the bacterium to successfully colonize its host. Transcriptional changes are a vital …