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Subray S Hegde1, Matthew W Vetting, Steven L Roderick, Lesley A Mitchenall, Anthony Maxwell, Howard E Takiff, John S Blanchard.
Abstract
Fluoroquinolones are gaining increasing importance in the treatment of tuberculosis. The expression of MfpA, a member of the pentapeptide repeat family of proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, causes resistance to ciprofloxacin and sparfloxacin. This protein binds to DNA gyrase and inhibits its activity. Its three-dimensional structure reveals a fold, which we have named the right-handed quadrilateral beta helix, that exhibits size, shape, and electrostatic similarity to B-form DNA. This represents a form of DNA mimicry and explains both its inhibitory effect on DNA gyrase and fluoroquinolone resistance resulting from the protein's expression in vivo.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15933203 DOI: 10.1126/science.1110699
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728