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Speaker: Dr Luiz de Carvalho, The Francis Crick Institute
Host: Franca Fraternali
Abstract: Bacterial proteomes are significantly poorly annotated, which in turns hampers our understanding of microbiology, microbial ecology, infection biology and antibacterial pharmacology. Our lab is committed to “deorphanize” enzymes and investigate and uncover how Mycobacterium tuberculosis metabolic network differs from other bacteria. In this talk I will demonstrate the power of combining chemistry, enzymology and traditional microbiology. I will illustrate our approach with an enzyme responsible for two bona fide metabolic reactions in M. tuberculosis.
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