Mycothiol biochemistry

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 388-394

  Newton, Gerald L ^a   Fahey, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic detoxification; mca; Mercapturic acid; mshA; mshB; mshC; mshD; mtr; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycothiol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTATHIONE; MYCOTHIOL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; AMIDASE; CYSTEINE; DISACCHARIDE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; INOSITOL; MYCOTHIOL DEPENDENT FORMALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; MYCOTHIOL S CONJUGATE AMIDASE; MYCOTHIOL S-CONJUGATE AMIDASE; MYCOTHIOL-DEPENDENT FORMALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DEACETYLATION; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOMYCETACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STREPTOMYCETACEAE; STREPTOMYCINEAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; CYSTEINE; DISACCHARIDES; GLYCOPEPTIDES; INOSITOL; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRAZOLES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0036431696     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0469-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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