Research Article

The Differential Gene Expression Pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Response to Capreomycin and PA-824 versus First-Line TB Drugs Reveals Stress- and PE/PPE-Related Drug Targets

Table 4

Current evidence linking genes identified in this study to   M. tuberculosis  persistence.

ORFGeneExisting Evidence

Rv2657cUnknown
Rv2374chrcARequired for survival in primary murine macrophage [19]
Regulation of heat-shock proteins
Rv0354cPPE7Downregulated after 96 hours of starvation [20]
Rv1364cUnknown
Rv2304cUnknown
Rv0367cUpregulated at high temperatures [21]
Rv0607Essential gene [22]
Rv2466cUpregulated at high temperatures [21]
Rv0830Unknown
Rv2557Upregulated after 24 hours and 96 hours of starvation [20]
Expression in human lung granulomas [23]
Rv2142cUnknown
Rv0654Upregulated at high temperatures [21]
Rv1977Unknown
Rv2688cUnknown
Rv1285cysDUpregulated at high temperatures [21]
Upregulated after 24 hours of starvation [20]
Rv0047cUnknown
Rv2878cmpt53Unknown
Rv2254cUnknown
Rv1986Unknown
Rv2777cUpregulated at high temperatures [21]
Rv2413cUpregulated after 4 hours of starvation [20]
Rv1929cUpregulated after 96 hours of starvation [20]
Rv3288cusfYUpregulated after 24 hours and 96 hours of starvation [20]
Rv2535cPEPQImpaired growth [22]
Rv2634cPE_PGRS46Unknown
Rv1646PE17Unknown
Rv2749Unknown
Rv3452cut4Unknown
Rv0192Unknown
Rv1687cUnknown
Rv1087PE_PGRS21Unknown
Rv1566cUnknown
Rv2504cscoAInvolved in fatty acid degradation and synthesis [24]
Rv0834cPE_PGRS14Unknown
Rv0274Upregulated after 4 hours, 24 hours and 96 hours of starvation [20]
Rv2162cPE_PGRS38Unknown
Rv0365cInvolved in survival in macrophages [19]
Rv3550ECHA20Fatty acid degradation [24]
Rv3367PE_PGRS51Upregulated after 96 hours of starvation [20]
Rv2802cUnknown
Rv2291sseBUnknown
Rv3189Unknown