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Assay Name:  Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pantothenate Synthetase Secondary Assay
Description:  Southern Research Molecular Libraries Screening Center (SRMLSC) Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) NIH Molecular Libraries Screening Centers Network (MLSCN) Award: 1R03MH076412-01 Multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis is becoming an increased health problem, especially in immunocompromised individuals with HIV. This form of TB is more difficult to treat and as a result has a higher mortality rate. Because of this, the discovery of drugs targeting novel pathways such as the synthesis of pantothenate has become increasingly important. Pantothenate synthetase (PS; EC 6.3.2.1), encoded by the panC gene, catalyzes the essential ATP-dependent condensation of D-pantoate and alpha-alanine to form pantothenate in bacteria, yeast and plants; pantothenate is a key precursor for the biosynthesis of coenzyme A (CoA) and acyl carrier protein (ACP). The activity of PS was measured spectrophotometrically by coupling the formation of AMP to the reactions of myokinase, pyruva
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