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Mycobacterium abscessus is a pathogenic non-tuberculous mycobacterium that possesses an intrinsic drug resistance profile. Several N-acetyltransferases mediate drug resistance and/or participate in M. abscessus virulence. Mining the M. abscessus genome has revealed genes encoding additional N-acetyltransferases whose functions remain uncharacterized, among them MAB_4324c. Here, we showed that the purified MAB_4324c protein is a N-acetyltransferase able to acetylate small polyamine substrates. The crystal structure of MAB_4324c was solved at high resolution in complex with its cofactor, revealing the presence of two GCN5-related N-acetyltransferase domains and a cryptic binding site for NADPH. Genetic studies demonstrate that MAB_4324c is not essential for in vitro growth of M. abscessus; however, overexpression of the protein enhanced the uptake and survival of M. abscessus in THP-1 macrophages.
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