Lipid transport across the mycobacterial cell envelope

Authors :: Ghader Bashiri
Source :: IUCrJ, Vol 8, Iss 5, Pp 711-712 (2021), IUCrJ
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: International Union of Crystallography, 2021.
Abstract: The mammalian-cell-entry (Mce) proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis enable the bacterium to acquire lipids from the host cells. Asthana et al. [IUCrJ (2021). 8, 757-774] present the first structural insights into the potential assembly of Mce1 and Mce4, advancing our understanding of lipid transport by the human pathogen that causes tuberculosis.

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