Gene rv3722c of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential for in vitro growth, and encodes a putative pyridoxal phosphate-binding protein of unknown function. Here we use metabolomic, genetic and structural approaches to show that Rv3722c is the primary aspartate aminotransferase of M. tuberculosis...
Aspartate is crucial for nucleotide synthesis, ammonia detoxification and maintaining redox balance via the malate-aspartate-shuttle (MAS). To disentangle these multiple roles of aspartate metabolism, tools are required that measure aspartate concentrations in real time and in live cells. We intr...
The antibiotic susceptibility/resistance of bacteria is influenced by their metabolic states. In tobramycin-resistant Edwardsiella tarda (LTB4-RToB), a dynamic metabolic state is observed, characterized by a general reduction in most metabolites as the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) incre...