Moxifloxacin Interacts with TB's Gyrase Enzyme (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Moxifloxacin Interacts with TB's Gyrase Enzyme

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The drug moxifloxacin (green) interacts with internal regions of the gyrase enzyme (blues and pink) and broken DNA (orange and yellow), both from the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.

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Tim Blower

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