MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
The Legionella pneumophila peptidoglycan recycling kinase, AmgK, is essential for survival and replication inside host alveolar macrophages
Sushanta Ratna, Lina Pradhan, Marina P. Vasconcelos…·Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes
This study shows that AmgK, a peptidoglycan kinase in Legionella pneumophila, is essential for intracellular survival and replication in host macrophages, highlighting its role in pathogenicity and potential as a drug target.
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