CysK2 couples copper sensing to metabolic and redox adaptation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Wendy Le Mouëllic, Florence Levillain, Ting‐Di Wu, Gerald J Larrouy-Maumus, Frédéric Lagarrigue, E. A. G. Vidal, Yoann Rombouts, Yannick Poquet, Olivier Neyrolles
This study identifies CysK2 as a copper-responsive metabolic effector in M. tuberculosis that links copper sensing to redox homeostasis and intracellular adaptation during infection.
mBio · Sep 8, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology