We have shown that elevated levels of wild-type M. tuberculosis PknK (PknK Mtb), but not phosphorylation-defective PknKMtb, in Mycobacterium smegmatis cause significant retardation of growth rate and altered colony morphology (Malhotra et al., 2012). LIX79 (WT PknK) and LIX80 (PknK K55M mutant) M. s...
ORGANISM(S): Mycolicibacterium smegmatis