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调节 рибофлавин 生物合成和利用在菌根细菌的调节

Melissa D Chengalroyen¹, Carolina Mehaffy², Megan Lucas²

¹Molecular Mycobacteriology Research Unit, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine & Department of Pathology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

|September 11, 2023

概括

结核菌可以制造 riboflavin (维生素 B2),对于细胞能量至关重要. 沉默关键基因在这个途径是致命的mtb,提供潜在的新结核病药物标.

科学领域:

微生物学微生物学
生物化学生物化学
免疫学免疫学免疫学

背景情况:

рибофлавин (维生素B2) 对于细胞的氧化还原代谢至关重要,由微生物如 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) 合成.
riboflavin 途径中间体激活粘膜相关的不变T细胞 (MAIT),将微生物代谢与免疫反应联系起来.

研究的目的:

研究 riboflavin 生合成和功能在菌根菌代谢和生理学.
分析 riboflavin 途径中间体在 MAIT 细胞识别中的作用.
在Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msm) 和Mtb.中创建和利用条件基因淘汰 (低形态)

主要方法:

构造可诱导的CRISPR干扰在Msm和Mtb.中的 рибофлавин生物合成和利用基因中的低形态.
分析了基因沉默对细菌活力,基因转录,蛋白质水平和 рибофлавин度的影响.
在MSM和MTB中评估了外源性 рибофлавин的同化.

主要成果:

无论是MSM还是Mtb,都能同化外源性 рибофлавин,即使没有正规输送器.
在MSM中观察到卢马合成酶活性的功能冗余性.
沉默ribA2或ribF基因被证明是对Mtb的高度杀菌.
在MSM中,ribA2沉默导致了广泛的通路基因敲击,RibA2枯竭, рибофлавин枯竭,并且是杀菌的.

结论:

这项研究验证了 riboflavin 生合成基因作为结核病治疗的潜在药物标.
生成的低形态集合作为一种有价值的工具,用于研究菌体生理学和MAIT细胞激活中的利博弗拉通路作用.

关键词:

这就是FAD FAD.FMN FMN FMN 的意思是什么?这是一种Mycobacterium细菌.结核病是一种疾病.发现药物的发现.

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