The Mycobacterium tuberculosis long-chain fatty acid resistome reveals the universal stress protein TB15.3 as essential for infection
Alexandre Jorge Pinto, Marco da Silva, Joana A. Santos, Brian C. VanderVen, Rodrigo Casemiro Pinto Monteiro, Dirk Schnappinger, Sabine Ehrt, Tiago Beites
This study identifies Mtb's LCFA resistome and shows TB15.3 as a critical metabolic regulator preventing LCFA toxicity during infection.
Communications Biology · Apr 18, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology