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ArticleJournal of biosciences2008

Functional characterization of the phospholipase C activity of Rv3487c and its localization on the cell wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Madduri Srinivas, Sona Rajakumari, Yeddula Narayana, Beenu Joshi, V M Katoch, Ram Rajasekharan, Kithiganahalli N Balaji

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Article in Journal of biosciences, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Madduri SrinivasDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India.
Sona Rajakumari
Yeddula Narayana
Beenu Joshi
V M Katoch
Ram Rajasekharan
Kithiganahalli N Balaji
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore · INNational JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases · IN

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Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis survives and persists for prolonged periods within its host in an asymptomatic,latent state and can reactivate years later if the host's immune system weakens. The dormant bacilli synthesize and accumulate triacylglycerol, reputed to be an energy source during latency. Among the phospholipases, phospholipase C plays an important role in the pathogenesis. Mutations in a known phospholipase C, plcC, of M.tuberculosis attenuate its growth during the late phase of infection in mice. Hydrolysis of phospholipids by phospholipase C generates diacylglycerol, a well-known signalling molecule that participates in the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK) through protein kinase C leading to macrophage activation. In the present study, we show that M.tuberculosis possesses an additional cell wall-associated protein, Rv3487c, with phospholipase C activity. The recombinant Rv3487c hydrolyses the substrate phosphatidylcholine and generates diacylglycerol by removing the phosphocholine. Furthermore, Rv3487c is expressed during infection as it exhibits significant humoral immunoreactivity with sera from children with tuberculosis, but not with that from adult patients.

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Bacterial ProteinsBase SequenceB-LymphocytesCell WallChromatography, Thin LayerCloning, MolecularDNA PrimersEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayMycobacterium tuberculosisType C PhospholipasesBacterial ProteinsDNA PrimersType C Phospholipases

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