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Abhin Kumar Megta

Regional Centre for BiotechnologyORCID 0000-0001-5190-9351Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintOct 10, 2025

Cholesterol-activated VapC12 toxin modulates growth and drug susceptibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Zohra Hashmi, Shivendra Pratap Singh, Sakshi Talwar…·Amit Kumar Pandey

This study identifies a cholesterol-binding motif in the VapC12 toxin of M. tuberculosis and shows that cholesterol activates the toxin, reducing bacterial growth and antibiotic susceptibility.

DOI 10.1101/2025.10.10.681325

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