In:
Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Vol. 367, No. 6482 ( 2020-03-06), p. 1147-1151
Abstract:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has an unusual outer membrane that lacks canonical porin proteins for the transport of small solutes to the periplasm. We discovered that 3,3- bis -di(methylsulfonyl)propionamide (3bMP1) inhibits the growth of M. tuberculosis , and resistance to this compound is conferred by mutation within a member of the proline-proline-glutamate (PPE) family, PPE51. Deletion of PPE51 rendered M. tuberculosis cells unable to replicate on propionamide, glucose, or glycerol. Growth was restored upon loss of the mycobacterial cell wall component phthiocerol dimycocerosate. Mutants in other proline-glutamate (PE)/PPE clusters, responsive to magnesium and phosphate, also showed a phthiocerol dimycocerosate–dependent growth compromise upon limitation of the corresponding substrate. Phthiocerol dimycocerosate determined the low permeability of the mycobacterial outer membrane, and the PE/PPE proteins apparently act as solute-specific channels.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0036-8075
,
1095-9203
DOI:
10.1126/science.aav5912
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publication Date:
2020
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128410-1
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2066996-3
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2060783-0
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11
