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mycothiol biosynthetic process

Known as: mycothiol formation, mycothiol synthesis, mycothiol anabolism 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of mycothiol, which consists of N-acetyl-L-cysteine linked to a pseudodisaccharide, D… 
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2017
2017
Biochemical studies of inositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase involved in mycothiol biosynthesis in Corynebacterium diphtheria.
Mycothiol (MSH) is the predominant low molecular weight thiol produced by actinomycetes, and it plays a pivotal role in the… 
2016
2016
Mycothiol synthesis by an anomerization reaction through endocyclic cleavage
Mycothiol is found in Gram-positive bacteria, where it helps in maintaining a reducing intracellular environment and it plays an… 
2015
2015
Molecular Determinants of N-Acetylglucosamine Recognition and Turnover by N-Acetyl-1-D-myo-inosityl-2-amino-2-deoxy-α-D-glucopyranoside Deacetylase (MshB).
Actinobacteria such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis use the unique thiol mycothiol (MSH) as their primary reducing agent and in the… 
2014
2014
The role of Mycothiol Biosynthesis in Pathogenesis and Drug Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
2012
2012
Studies in Mycothiol Biosynthesis: Identification, characterization and the in vitro reconstitution of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathway enzymes
2011
2011
New synthetic routes to functionalized 2-C-alkylglucosides, precursors of potential inhibitors of mycothiol biosynthesis in the Mycobacteria
2006
2006
Identification of genes for mycothiol biosynthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).
Mycothiol is a low molecular weight thiol compound produced by a number of actinomycetes, and has been suggested to serve both… 
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Crystal structure of MshB from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a deacetylase involved in mycothiol biosynthesis.
2003
2003
Solution conformations of mycothiol bimane, 1-D-GlcNAc-alpha-(1 --> 1)-D-myo-Ins and 1-D-GlcNAc-alpha-(1 --> 1)-L-myo-Ins.
Mycothiol is an abundant small molecular weight thiol found only in actinomycetes, which include mycobacteria. Mycothiol… 
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