Assertion: catalase's function | /r/HasProperty | to protect the mycobacterium
Facets:
value: from oxidizing species
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In general, the more comprehensive study here of resistance‐conferring mutations supports our previous conclusion that there is not a correlation between catalase or peroxidase activities and isoniazid resistance in KatG.14, 28 Interestingly, virulence of drug‐resistant TB strains was thought to be related to the catalase activity of KatG as this function is to protect the mycobacterium from oxidizing species, notably hydrogen peroxide, produced by neutrophils of the infected host.66