Characterization of the katG gene encoding a catalase-peroxidase required for the isoniazid susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  • B Heym
    Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
  • Y Zhang
    Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
  • S Poulet
    Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
  • D Young
    Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
  • S T Cole
    Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

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公開日
1993-07
権利情報
  • https://journals.asm.org/non-commercial-tdm-license
DOI
  • 10.1128/jb.175.13.4255-4259.1993
公開者
American Society for Microbiology

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<jats:p>The isoniazid susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is mediated by the product of the katG gene which encodes the heme-containing enzyme catalase-peroxidase. In this study, the chromosomal location of katG has been established and its nucleotide sequence has been determined so that the primary structure of catalase-peroxidase could be predicted. The M. tuberculosis enzyme is an 80,000-dalton protein containing several motifs characteristic of peroxidases and shows strong similarity to other bacterial catalase-peroxidases. Expression of the katG gene in M. tuberculosis, M. smegmatis, and Escherichia coli was demonstrated by Western blotting (immunoblotting). Homologous genes were detected in other mycobacteria, even those which are naturally insensitive to isoniazid.</jats:p>

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