Biology:PncA

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Nicotinamidase/pyrazinamidase
Identifiers
OrganismMycobacterium tuberculosis
SymbolpncA
UniProtI6XD65

PncA is a bacterial gene encoding a nicotinamidase that doubles as a pyrazinamidase in Mycobacterium species.[1] Nicotinamidase converts nicotinamide to nicotinic acid where as pyrazinamidase converts the drug pyrazinamide to its active form pyrazinoic acid.[2]

Missense mutations in this gene in Mycobacterium is strongly correlated with resistance to pyrazinamide, likely due to a loss of the ability to produce pyrazinoic acid.[3] Mutagenesis data indicates that many loss-of-function mutations differentially affect the enzyme's ability to convert nicotinamide and pyrazinamide.[4]

The H57D resistance mutation is "typical of" M. bovis.[3]

The symbol PncA is also used for the orthologous nicotinamidase in other bacterial species, including E. coli.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Mutations in pncA, a gene encoding pyrazinamidase/nicotinamidase, cause resistance to the antituberculous drug pyrazinamide in tubercle bacillus". Nat. Med. 2 (6): 662–7. June 1996. doi:10.1038/nm0696-662. PMID 8640557. 
  2. Whitfield, Michael G.; Soeters, Heidi M.; Warren, Robin M.; York, Talita; Sampson, Samantha L.; Streicher, Elizabeth M.; Helden, Paul D. van; Rie, Annelies van (2015-07-28). "A Global Perspective on Pyrazinamide Resistance: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". PLOS ONE 10 (7). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133869. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 26218737. Bibcode2015PLoSO..1033869W. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Juréen, Pontus; Werngren, Jim; Toro, Juan-Carlos; Hoffner, Sven (2016-12-15). "Pyrazinamide Resistance and pncA Gene Mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 52 (5): 1852–1854. doi:10.1128/AAC.00110-08. ISSN 0066-4804. PMID 18316515. 
  4. "I6XD65" (in en). https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/I6XD65. 
  5. "P21369" (in en). https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/P21369/entry#family_and_domains.