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American Society for Microbiology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 9(55), p. 4422-4423, 2011

DOI: 10.1128/aac.00564-11

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Coresistance to Isoniazid and Ethionamide Maps to Mycothiol Biosynthetic Genes in Mycobacterium bovis

Journal article published in 2011 by Catherine Vilcheze, Yossef Av-Gay ORCID, S. Whitney Barnes, Michelle H. Larsen, John R. Walker, Richard J. Glynne, William R. Jacobs
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Abstract

ABSTRACT A search to identify new mechanisms of isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium bovis led to the isolation of mutants defective in mycothiol biosynthesis due to mutations in genes coding for the glycosyltransferase ( mshA ) or the cysteine ligase ( mshC ). These mutants showed low-level resistance to isoniazid but were highly resistant to ethionamide. This study further illustrates that mutations in mycothiol biosynthesis genes may contribute to isoniazid or ethionamide resistance across mycobacterial species.