TABLE 1.

Strains and plasmids used in this study

Strain or plasmid	Genotype or characteristic	Sources
M. tuberculosis (MTB) H37Ra	Wild type MTB strain	ATCC
E. coli strains
DH5α	FΦ80lacZΔM15 Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169 recA1 endA1 hsdR17(rK mK+) supE44 thi−1 gyrA96 relA1λ	Invitrogen
BL21	F−, ompT, hsdSB (rB−, mB−), dcm, gal, λ(DE3)	Promega
Plasmids
pET-32 Xa/Lic	Ampr, Thioredoxin tag, His tag, and S tag protein expression vector	Merck
pGEX4T-2	Ampr, GST tag protein expression vector	GE Healthcare