Pyrazinamide triggers degradation of its target aspartate decarboxylase
P. Gopal, J. Sarathy, M. Yee, P. Ragunathan, J. Shin, S. Bhushan, J. Zhu, T. Akopian, O. Kandror, T. K. Lim, M. Gengenbacher, Q. Lin, E. J. Rubin, G. Grueber, T. Dick
This paper shows that pyrazinamide's active form, POA, triggers degradation of its target enzyme PanD via the ClpC1-ClpP protease, rather than inhibiting it directly.
Nature Communications · Apr 3, 2020Peer-reviewedMicrobiology