Rv2524c, (MTCY159.32, MTV009.09c), len: 3069 aa. Probable fas, Fatty Acid Synthase, equivalent to Q9X7E2|fas|ML1191 putative type I fatty acid synthase from Mycobacterium leprae (3076 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 17484,E(): 0, (85.8% identity in 3081 aa overlap). Also similar to others e.g. Q04846|fas|Q59497 from Corynebacterium ammoniagenes (Brevibacterium ammoniagenes) (3104 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 3981, E(): 5.5e-203, (49.8% identity in 3099 aa overlap); Q48926|fas from Mycobacterium bovis (2796 aa),FASTA scores: opt: 2098, E(): 3.9e-103, (59.7% identity in 2862 aa overlap) (see Fernande [...]

Rv1863c, (MTCY359.10), len: 256 aa. Probable conserved integral membrane protein, similar to Rv0804|Z95618|MTCY7H7A.05 Hypothetical protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (209 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 199, E(): 1e-06, (33.2% identity in 220 aa overlap); and Rv0658c.

Probable acetolactate synthase IlvG (acetohydroxy-acid synthase)(ALS); Catalyzes the conversion of 2 pyruvate molecules into acetolactate in the first common step of the biosynthetic pathway of the branched-amino acids such as leucine, isoleucine, and valine.

Rv1865c, (MTCY359.08), len: 286 aa. Probable short-chain dehydrogenase, highly similar to C-terminus of NP_301650.1|NC_00267 putative oxidoreductase from Mycobacterium leprae (596 aa). Also similar to various dehydrogenases, generally belonging to short-chain family,e.g. AAG02168.1|AF212041_24|AF212041 3-oxoacyl-(acylcarrier protein) reductase from Zymomonas mobilis (251 aa); P50198|LINX_PSEPA 2,5-dichloro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-DIOL dehydrogenase from Sphingomonas paucimobilis (250 aa); NP_105680.1|NC_002678 sorbitol dehydrogenase (also similar to acetoin reductase) from Mesorhizobium [...]

Conserved protein; Rv1864c, (MTCY359.09), len: 251 aa. Conserved protein. Similar to other hypothetical proteins e.g. AL031317|SC6G4.43 from Streptomyces coelicolor cosmid 6G (233 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 716, E(): 0, (54.4% identity in 215 aa overlap); also P43976|YIIM_HAEIN hypothetical protein hi0278 (221 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 223, E(): 3.8e-08, (29.5% identity in 173 aa overlap).

Double hotdog hydratase; Rv0216, (MTCY08D5.11), len: 337 aa. Double hotdog R-specific hydratase of unknown function, shows no activity for crotonyl-CoA, equivalent to Z95398|MLCL622_22 from Mycobacterium leprae (339 aa), FASTA scores: E(): 0, (73.7 identity in 338 aa overlap). Shows structural similarity to six others in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (see Castell et al (2005) below). A core mycobacterial gene; conserved in mycobacterial strains (See Marmiesse et al., 2004).

Membrane-associated serine protease; Required for M.tuberculosis resistance to oxidative stress in addition to its role in resistance to acid, which is essential for virulence. It protects M.tuberculosis against phagolysosomal concentrations of acid and maintains its intrabacterial pH when phagocytosed by IFN-gamma-activated macrophages.

Rv0125, (MTCI418B.07, MTB32A), len: 355 aa. Probable pepA (alternate gene name: mtb32a), serine protease (see Skeiky et al., 1999), highly similar to other proteases e.g. HHOB_ECOLI|P31137 protease hhob precursor (355 aa),FASTA scores: opt: 400, E(): 3.8e-14, (32.4% identity in 346 aa overlap). Also similar to Q50320 34 kDa protein precursor from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (361 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 1689, E(): 0, (70.7% identity in 362 aa overlap). Contains PS00135 Serine proteases, trypsin family, serine active site. Has a putative signal sequence at the N-terminus. Belongs to the s [...]

Rv1043c, (MTCY10G2.06), len: 341 aa. Conserved hypothetical protein similar to AL096872|SC5F7.08 putative lipoate-protein ligase from Streptomyces coelicolor (362 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 206, E(): 1.4e-05, (30.3% identity in 201 aa overlap). Weak similarity to P39668|YYXA_BACSU hypothetical protease from Bacillus subtitis (400 aa),FASTA scores: opt: 159, E(): 0.013, (27.1% identity in 210 aa overlap). This region is a possible MT-complex-specific genomic island (See Becq et al., 2007).