Functional and mechanistic characterization of the phosphatidyl-myo-inositol mannosyltransferase PimA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: implications for anti-tuberculosis drug development
Human-adapted Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) also infects animals and transmits zoonotically, threatening public health. The cell wall glycolipids lipoarabinomannan and lipomannan are essential virulence factors of Mtb. Phosphatidyl-myo-inositol mannosyltransferase PimA catalyzes a key step in their biosynthesis and...