Xiu-Ju Jiang

Substrate Mimicry by Inhibitors of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis 20S Proteasome and Their Activity against Mycobacteria In Vitro and in Macrophages

The remarkable and problematic capacity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to persist in the host is dependent on a functional 20S proteasome that is structurally and functionally analogous to its mammalian counterpart. It has been proposed that this enzyme is critical for the bacterium’s adaptive response to a variety of...