Structural insights into the enzymatic breakdown of azomycin-derived antibiotics by 2-nitroimdazole hydrolase (NnhA)

Abstract The antibiotic 2-nitroimidazole (2NI) or azomycin, used for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis and imaging tumor hypoxia, requires activation by bacterial nitroreductases for its antibiotic and cytotoxic effect. Mycobacterium sp. JS330 produces 2-nitroimidazole nitrohydrolase (NnhA) that...

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Main Authors: F. Hafna Ahmed, Jian-Wei Liu, Santana Royan, Andrew C. Warden, Lygie Esquirol, Gunjan Pandey, Janet Newman, Colin Scott, Thomas S. Peat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07336-6
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