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MmpL3 is the flippase for mycolic acids in mycobacteria

The defining feature of the mycobacterial outer membrane (OM) is the presence of mycolic acids (MAs), which, in part, render the bilayer extremely hydrophobic and impermeable to external insults, including many antibiotics. Although the biosynthetic pathway of MAs is well studied, the mechanism(s) b...

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Published in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Main Authors: Xu, Zhujun, Meshcheryakov, Vladimir A., Poce, Giovanna, Chng, Shu-Sin
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5544280/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28698380
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700062114
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