Rv3723/LucA coordinates fatty acid and cholesterol uptake in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
B. C. VanderVen, E. V. Nazarova, C. R. Montague, T. La, K. M. Wilburn, N. Sukumar, W. Lee, S. Caldwell, D. G. Russell
This study identifies LucA as a coordinator of cholesterol and fatty acid uptake in Mtb, linking these processes to bacterial virulence.
bioRxiv · Mar 29, 2017Microbiology