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Isoniazid is one of the most effective antituberculosis drugs, yet its precise mechanism of action is still controversial. Using specialized linkage transduction, a single point mutation allele (S94A) within the putative target gene inhA was transferred in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The inhA(S94A) allele was sufficient to confer clinically relevant levels of resistance to isoniazid killing and inhibition of mycolic acid biosynthesis. This resistance correlated with the decreased binding of the INH-NAD inhibitor to InhA, as shown by enzymatic and X-ray crystallographic analyses, and establishes InhA as the primary target of isoniazid action in M. tuberculosis.

2NV6 is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis] with <scene name='pdbligand=ZID:'>ZID</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligand ligand]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein]_reductase_(NADH) Enoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase (NADH)], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=1.3.1.9 1.3.1.9] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2NV6 OCA].  

[[Category: Sacchettini, J C.]]

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