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Mycobacteria can tolerate relatively high concentrations of triphenylmethane dyes such as malachite green and methyl violet. To identify mycobacterial genes involved in the decolorization of malachite green, a transposon mutant library of mc 155 was screened for mutants unable to decolorize this dye. One of the genes identified was MSMEG_5126, an orthologue of encoding a 7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-5-deazariboflavin (FO) synthase, which is essential for the biosynthesis of the electron carrier coenzyme F. The other gene identified was MSMEG_2392, encoding an alanine-rich protein with a DUF121 domain. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for malachite green and methyl violet of the six mutants and two MSMEG_2392 mutants were one-third and one-fifth, respectively, of the MIC of the parent strain mc 155. Representative and MSMEG_2392 mutant strains were also sensitive to oxidative stress caused by the redox-cycling agents plumbagin and menadione, and the sensitivity was reversed in the complemented strains. HPLC analysis of representative and MSMEG_2392 strains revealed that, while the mutant lacked both coenzyme F and FO, the MSMEG_2392 mutant contained FO but not coenzyme F. These results indicate that MSMEG_2392 is involved in the biosynthesis of coenzyme F.

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