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ArticleTuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland)2011

Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene Rv2136c is dispensable for acid resistance and virulence in mice.

Crystal M Darby, Aditya Venugopal, Sabine Ehrt, Carl F Nathan

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Article in Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors.

Crystal M DarbyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. darbycm@gmail.com
Aditya Venugopal
Sabine Ehrt
Carl F Nathan

Funding

pH Homeostasis in Mycobacterium tuberculosisR01AI081725 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI EHRT, SABINE · 2009 to 2013
$2.8M
NIAID NIH HHS 5 R01 AI081725NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI081725
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gene Rv2136c is annotated to encode the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) homolog of Escherichia coli's undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase. In previous work, a genetic screen of 10,100 Mtb transposon mutants identified Rv2136c as being involved in acid resistance in Mtb. The Rv2136c:Tn strain was also sensitive to sodium dodecyl sulfate, lipophilic antibiotics, elevated temperature and reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediates and was attenuated for growth and persistence in mice. However, none of these phenotypes could be genetically complemented, leading us to generate an Rv2136c knockout strain to test its role in Mtb pathogenicity. Genetic deletion revealed that Rv2136c is not responsible for any of the phenotypes observed in the transposon mutant strain. An independent genomic mutation is likely to have accounted for the extreme attenuation of this strain. Identification of the mutated gene will further our understanding of acid resistance mechanisms in Mtb and may offer a target for anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy.

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Alkyl and Aryl TransferasesAnimalsBacterial ProteinsBlotting, SouthernFemaleGene DeletionMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, KnockoutMutationPhagocytosisPhagosomesPhenotypeReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionVirulenceAlkyl and Aryl TransferasesBacterial ProteinsRv2361c protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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PMID21778115
PMCPMC3172396

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