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Michael J. Lauer

University of PittsburghORCID 0009-0001-6118-1429Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintSep 17, 2026

Mycobacteriophage Adephagia gp48 inhibits essential host cell wall biosynthesis enzyme mannose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase

Michael J. Lauer, Krista G. Freeman, Danny Jiang…·Graham F. Hatfull

This paper identifies gp48, a mycobacteriophage protein that inhibits the host enzyme Mpg, essential for cell wall biosynthesis, by disrupting its dimer formation.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.16.752054

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