How the microbiome liberates iron from heme
Arnab Kumar Nath, Ronivaldo Rodrigues da Silva, Colin C. Gauvin, Emmanuel Akpoto, Victoria Adedoyin, Mensur Dlakić, C. Martin Lawrence, Jennifer L. DuBois
This paper identifies HmuS as an anaerobic bacterial enzyme that removes iron from heme, enabling microbial utilization of heme as a sole iron source.
The EMBO Journal · Sep 12, 2025Peer-reviewedBiochemistry