Literature summary extracted from

Sirakova, T.D.; Thirumala, A.K.; Dubey, V.S.; Sprecher, H.; Kolattukudy, P.E.
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis pks2 gene encodes the synthase for the hepta- and octamethyl-branched fatty acids required for sulfolipid synthesis (2001), J. Biol. Chem., 276, 16833-16839 .

Organism

EC Number	Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
2.3.1.287	Mycobacterium tuberculosis	-	-	-
2.3.1.287	Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv	-	-	-

Synonyms

EC Number	Synonyms	Comment	Organism
2.3.1.287	Pks2	-	Mycobacterium tuberculosis

General Information

EC Number	General Information	Comment	Organism
2.3.1.287	malfunction	a pks2 gene disruption mutant is incapable of producing hepta- and octamethyl phthioceranic acids and hydroxyphthioceranic acids that are the major acyl constituents of sulfolipids. Consequently, the pks2 mutant does not produce sulfolipids	Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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