Myocarditis refers to inflammation of the heart muscle and may occur individually or together with pericarditis, which refers to inflammation of the saclike tissue layer that surrounds the heart. They may have infectious or non-infectious etiologies. , a major cause of gastroenteritis worldwide, may also cause myocarditis in rare situations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIsoprenyl chains are found in many important metabolites. These are derived from precursors of the appropriate length produced by isoprenyl diphosphate synthases (IDSs). The human pathogen makes various isoprenoids/terpenoids, with important roles in their biosynthesis played by two closely related IDSs, encoded by (Rv0562) and (Rv0989c), with Rv0989c generating the 10-carbon precursor ()-geranyl diphosphate (GPP), and Rv0562 the 20-carbon precursor ()-geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP).
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