Molecular BiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Degradation of the intestinal mucus layer by the ETEC protease EatA is species specific determined by the structure of the MUC2 mucin
Sergio Trillo‐Muyo, Brendan Dolan, Frida R. Svensson…·Sjoerd van der Post
The paper shows ETEC protease EatA degrades human MUC2 mucin specifically, enabling bacterial infection by disrupting the intestinal mucus layer.
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