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Glutamate is a key nutrient for Porphyromonas gingivalis growth and survival during intracellular autophagic life under nutritionally limited conditions
Nityananda Chowdhury, Bridgette Wellslager, Hwaran Lee…·Özlem Yilmaz
This study shows that Porphyromonas gingivalis relies on glutamate for growth and survival in intracellular autophagic vacuoles by utilizing glutamate dehydrogenase and preferentially using glutamate-glutamate dipeptide.
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