Gene Review:
cmaA2 - cyclopropane mycolic acid synthase
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
- The Mycobacterium tuberculosis cmaA2 gene encodes a mycolic acid trans-cyclopropane synthetase. Glickman, M.S., Cahill, S.M., Jacobs, W.R. J. Biol. Chem. (2001)
- Trans-cyclopropanation of mycolic acids on trehalose dimycolate suppresses Mycobacterium tuberculosis -induced inflammation and virulence. Rao, V., Gao, F., Chen, B., Jacobs, W.R., Glickman, M.S. J. Clin. Invest. (2006)
- The mmaA2 gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes the distal cyclopropane synthase of the alpha-mycolic acid. Glickman, M.S. J. Biol. Chem. (2003)