Identification of Ser/Thr kinase and forkhead associated domains in Mycobacterium ulcerans: characterization of novel association between protein kinase Q and MupFHA.

• Main Authors: Gunjan Arora (Author), Andaleeb Sajid (Author), Anshika Singhal (Author), Jayadev Joshi (Author), Richa Virmani (Author), Meetu Gupta (Author), Nupur Verma (Author), Abhijit Maji (Author), Richa Misra (Author), Grégory Baronian (Author), Amit K Pandey (Author), Virginie Molle (Author), Yogendra Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer in humans, is unique among the members of Mycobacterium genus due to the presence of the virulence determinant megaplasmid pMUM001. This plasmid encodes multiple virulence-associated genes, including mup011, which is an uncharacterized Ser/...