Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis | O05877 | - |
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis ATCC 25618 | O05877 | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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polyphosphate:GDP phosphotransferase | - |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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physiological function | PPK2 contributes to Mycobacterium tuberculosis ability to cause disease in guinea pigs. PPK2 mutant-infected guinea pigs have significantly reduced bacterial loads and tissue pathology in comparison to wild-type-infected guinea pigs at later stages of infection. In comparison to the wild-type strain, the PPK2 mutant strain is more tolerant to isoniazid and impaired for survival in THP-1 macrophages | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |