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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Top Med Chem. 2012;12(7):766–796. doi: 10.2174/156802612799984571

Table 1.

Genes Encoding Adenylate-Forming Enzymes

Entry Gene(s) Accession Number Annotated Function Essential (E) or Virulence Factor (V)
1 alaS, argG, argS, aspS, cysS1, gltS, glyS, hisS, ileS, leuS, lysS, lysX, metS, pheS, pheT, proS, serS, thrS, trpS, tyrS, valS Rv2555c, Rv1658, Rv1292, Rv2572c, Rv3580c, Rv2992, Rv2357c, Rv2580c, Rv1536, Rv0041, Rv3598c, Rv1640c, Rv1007c, Rv1649, Rv1650, Rv2845c, Rv3834c, Rv2614c, Rv3336c, Rv1689, Rv2448c Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase (Protein biosynthesis) yes (E)
2 acs Rv3667 Acetyl coenzyme synthetase (glycolysis) no
3 menE Rv0542c O-Succinylbenzoic acid CoA synthetase (menaquinone biosynthesis) yes (E)
4 fadD1, fadD2, fadD3, fadD4, fadD5, fadD6, fadD7, fadD8, fadD9, fadD11, fadD12, fadD13, fadD14, fadD15, fadD16, fadD17, fadD18, fadD19, fadD35, fadD36 Rv1750c, Rv0270, Rv3561, Rv0214, Rv0166, Rv1206, Rv0119, Rv0551c, Rv2590, Rv1550, Rv1427c, Rv3089, Rv1058, Rv2187, Rv0852, Rv3506, Rv3513c, Rv3515c, Rv2505c, Rv1193 Fatty acyl CoA synthetase (fatty acid catabolism, cholesterol catabolism) no (except fadD36)
5 fadD10 Rv0099 Possibly involved in synthesis of the nonribosomal peptide encoded by nrp (adjacent to nrp) no
5 fadD21 Rv1185c Possibly involved in mycolipanoic, mycolipenic, mycolipodienic acid synthesis (adjacent to pks3/4) no
6 fadD22 Rv2948c Phenolglycolipid synthesis (loading of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid onto Pks15/1) no
7 fadD23 Rv3826 Phthioceronic and hydroxyphthioceronic acid portion of the sulfolipids (adjacent to pks2) no
8 fadD24 Rv1529 Possibly involved in lipooligosaccharides synthesis (adjacent to pks5) no
9 fadD26 Rv2930 Synthesis of the phthiocerol portion of the dimycocerosate esters (loading of fatty acid onto PpsA) no
fadD28 Rv2941 Synthesis of the mycocerosic acid portion of the dimycocerosate esters (loading of fatty acid onto Mas) no
10 fadD30 Rv0404 Synthesis of an unknown polar lipid (loading of fatty acid onto Pks6) yes (E)
11 fadD32 Rv3801c Mycolic acid synthesis (loading Pks13) yes (E)
12 mbtM (fadD33) Rv1345 Mycobactin synthesis (loading of MbtL) no (mutant slow growing)
13 fadD25, fadD29, fadD31, fadD34 Rv1521, Rv2950c, Rv1925, Rv0035 Unknown (fatty acyl-AMP ligases, FAALs) no
14 nrp Rv0101 Multifunctional NRPS (unknown function) no
15 mbtA, mbtB, mbtE, mbtF Rv2384, Rv2383c, Rv2380c, Rv2379c NRPS Adenylation domains (mycobactin biosynthesis) yes (V)
16 nadE Rv2438c Glutamine dependent NAD synthetase yes (E)
17 guaA Rv3396c GMP synthetase yes (E)
18 panC Rv3602c Pantothenate synthetase (Coenzyme A synthesis) yes (V)
19 mshC Rv2130c Cysteine:1-D-myoinosityl 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose ligase (mycothiol biosynthesis) yes (E)
20 birA Rv3279c Biotin ligase (biotinylation of AccA1, AccD4, Pcc) yes (E)