Table 1. CoA-dependent α-ketoglutarate: MV oxidoreductase activity in M. tuberculosis, M. bovis and M. smegmatis.

Strain	nmol MVred min−1 mg−1 protein
	KG	NADH	Pyruvate
M. tuberculosis mc27000 (wild type)	1.0±0.1	1.7±0.1	<0.01
M. tuberculosis mc27010 (ΔkorAB)	<0.01	1.9±0.1	NM*
M. tuberculosis mc27011 (ΔkorAB - complemented)	1.3±0.1	1.9±0.1	NM
M. tuberculosis H37Ra	0.68±0.15	NM	NM
M. bovis BCG	1.6±0.2	NM	<0.01
M. smegmatis mc2155	1.7±0.2	2.9±0.2	0.59±0.02 (0.32)†

*: Not measured.

†: A fraction of pyruvate: MV oxidoreductase activity from M. smegmatis mc²155 was CoA-independent (shown in parentheses).