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The enzyme''' InhA''' is coded from the INHA gene that is similar in sequence to the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonella_typhimurium Salmonella typhimurium]''gene which plays a role in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_synthesis fatty acid synthesis], and is part of a short chain dehydrogenase/reductase family<ref name ="making drugs for inhA">Sacchettini, James (New Rochelle, NY) 1999 INHA crystals and three dimensional structure United States Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY) 5882878 http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5882878.html</ref><ref name ="phosphorylation of inhA">PMID:21143326</ref>. Inha is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NADH NADH] dependent trans enoyl-acyl ACP carrier protein that is part of the fatty acid biosynthesis system: fatty acid synthase two (FASII), and plays a role in the synthesis of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycolic_acid Mycolic Acid]<ref name ="mech of thioamide drug action">PMID:17227913</ref><ref name ="phosphorylation of inhA">PMID:21143326</ref>. Mycolic acids are long chain fatty acids (C54 to C63) that are essential in cell wall formation of the human pathogen ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis]''as well as other mycobateria such as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_leprae Mycobacterium leprae]'', and are associated with virulence<ref name ="TB">PMID2568869:</ref>. InhA has been proposed as the target of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thioamidedrugs thioamide] drugs, ethionamide (ETH) and protionamide (PTH), which have been used in treatment of mycobacterial infections <ref name ="phosphorylation of inhA">PMID:21143326</ref>. However stains of ''M. tuberculosis'' that are resistant to thioamide drugs have been increaseing worldwide, and therefor research into the exact mechanisms of these drugs is of importance. | The enzyme''' InhA''' is coded from the INHA gene that is similar in sequence to the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonella_typhimurium Salmonella typhimurium]'' gene which plays a role in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_synthesis fatty acid synthesis], and is part of a short chain dehydrogenase/reductase family<ref name ="making drugs for inhA">Sacchettini, James (New Rochelle, NY) 1999 INHA crystals and three dimensional structure United States Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, NY) 5882878 http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5882878.html</ref><ref name ="phosphorylation of inhA">PMID:21143326</ref>. Inha is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NADH NADH] dependent trans enoyl-acyl ACP carrier protein that is part of the fatty acid biosynthesis system: fatty acid synthase two (FASII), and plays a role in the synthesis of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycolic_acid Mycolic Acid]<ref name ="mech of thioamide drug action">PMID:17227913</ref><ref name ="phosphorylation of inhA">PMID:21143326</ref>. Mycolic acids are long chain fatty acids (C54 to C63) that are essential in cell wall formation of the human pathogen ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis]''as well as other mycobateria such as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_leprae Mycobacterium leprae]'', and are associated with virulence<ref name ="TB">PMID2568869:</ref>. InhA has been proposed as the target of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thioamidedrugs thioamide] drugs, ethionamide (ETH) and protionamide (PTH), which have been used in treatment of mycobacterial infections <ref name ="phosphorylation of inhA">PMID:21143326</ref>. However stains of ''M. tuberculosis'' that are resistant to thioamide drugs have been increaseing worldwide, and therefor research into the exact mechanisms of these drugs is of importance. | ||