A mixer tap mechanism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis regulates a critical metabolic node in response to nutrient availability
Evelyn Yu‐Wen Huang, Katherine J. Jeppe, Jingsong Zhou, Christopher K. Barlow, Jemila C. Kester, Anna K. Coussens, Ivanhoe K. H. Leung
The paper identifies a regulatory mechanism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis that controls metabolic flux through coordinated enzyme abundance and metabolite effects, likened to a mixer tap.
bioRxiv · May 3, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry